Udayin
E601745
Udayin was an ancient Indian king of the Haryanka dynasty, best known for establishing Pataliputra as a major political and urban center in the Magadha kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Udayin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6604482 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Udayin Context triple: [Pataliputra, foundedBy, Udayin]
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A.
Udaya
Udaya is a given name most notably associated with D. Udaya Kumar, the Indian designer who created the Indian rupee sign.
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B.
Udayan
Udayan is a central figure in Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel "The Lowland," whose radical political involvement and complex family relationships drive much of the story’s emotional and moral conflict.
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C.
Udayan
Udayan is a residential and commercial block within the Uttarayan Complex, a planned urban development in India.
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D.
Ukthya
Ukthya is a specific variant of the Vedic Soma sacrifice (Somayajna) performed with its own distinct ritual procedures and purposes.
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E.
Yaghuth
Yaghuth is a pre-Islamic Arabian deity, traditionally regarded as one of the ancient gods worshipped by Arab tribes before the advent of Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Udayin Target entity description: Udayin was an ancient Indian king of the Haryanka dynasty, best known for establishing Pataliputra as a major political and urban center in the Magadha kingdom.
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A.
Udaya
Udaya is a given name most notably associated with D. Udaya Kumar, the Indian designer who created the Indian rupee sign.
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B.
Udayan
Udayan is a central figure in Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel "The Lowland," whose radical political involvement and complex family relationships drive much of the story’s emotional and moral conflict.
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C.
Udayan
Udayan is a residential and commercial block within the Uttarayan Complex, a planned urban development in India.
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D.
Ukthya
Ukthya is a specific variant of the Vedic Soma sacrifice (Somayajna) performed with its own distinct ritual procedures and purposes.
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E.
Yaghuth
Yaghuth is a pre-Islamic Arabian deity, traditionally regarded as one of the ancient gods worshipped by Arab tribes before the advent of Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
king ⓘ monarch of Magadha ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Pataliputra ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Ganges ⓘ |
| capitalFounded | Pataliputra ⓘ |
| capitalOfHisReign | Pataliputra ⓘ |
| civilization | Ancient Indian civilization ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient India
ⓘ
linked to:
ancient India
|
| dynasty | Haryanka dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Iron Age India ⓘ |
| father |
Ajatashatru
ⓘ
linked to:
Ajātaśatru
|
| historicalRegion | Magadha ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing Pataliputra as an urban center
ⓘ
establishing Pataliputra as a major political center ⓘ |
| languageContext | likely associated with early Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 5th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| name | Udayin ⓘ |
| politicalRole | expander of Magadha’s administrative center ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Ajatashatru
ⓘ
linked to:
Ajātaśatru
|
| realm |
Kingdom of Magadha
ⓘ
linked to:
Nanda Empire
|
| region | Bihar ⓘ |
| reignOver | Magadha ⓘ |
| religiousContext | contemporary of early Buddhism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Haryanka dynasty ⓘ |
| successor | Anuruddha ⓘ |
| successorDynastyContext | early Magadhan imperial phase ⓘ |
| title | King of Magadha ⓘ |
| urbanDevelopmentRole | promoter of Pataliputra’s urban growth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Udayin Description of subject: Udayin was an ancient Indian king of the Haryanka dynasty, best known for establishing Pataliputra as a major political and urban center in the Magadha kingdom.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.