We address the problem of identifying a $2+1\mathrm{D}$ topologically ordered phase using measurements on the ground-state wave function. For nonchiral topological order, we describe a series of bulk multipartite entanglement measures that extract the invariants ${\sum }_a{d}_a^2{\theta }_a^r$ for any $r\ge 2$, where $d_a$ and ${\theta }_a$ are the quantum dimension and topological spin of an anyon $a$, respectively. These invariants are obtained as expectation values of permutation operators between $2r$ replicas of the wave function, applying different permutations on four distinct regions of the plane. Our proposed measures provide a refined tool for distinguishing topological phases, capturing information beyond conventional entanglement measures such as the topological entanglement entropy. We argue that any operator capable of extracting the above invariants must act on at least $2r$ replicas, making our procedure optimal in terms of the required number of replicas. We discuss the generalization of our results to chiral states.

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• Entanglement entropy
• Entanglement measures
• Topological field theories
• Topological order
• Topological phases of matter