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India ink

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Summary

India ink ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,739 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • India ink is made of carbon black[2].
  • India ink is a type of ink[3].
  • India ink's Commons category is recorded as India ink[4].
  • India ink's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • India ink's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • India ink's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[7].
  • India ink's different from is recorded as tusche[8].

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Definition and Type

India ink is a type of ink[3].

Why It Matters

India ink ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,739 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 03510014
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'e
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 03510014, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143356750|India ink (#143356750)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Onto"
  2. 17w ago · Tiziana Deluca · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → carbon black
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Different from → tusche
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bncf thesaurus id: 80344"
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