![]() ![]() The original text was written in the Old Turkic alphabet and was deciphered by the Danish philologist Vilhelm Thomsen in 1893. The inscriptions were discovered by Nikolay Yadrintsev's expedition in 1889, published by Vasily Radlov. Replica of Bilge Khagan's memorial complex in Gazi University, Ankara According to one source, the inscriptions contain "rhythmic and parallelistic passages" which resemble that of epics. The inscriptions, in both Chinese and Old Turkic, relate the legendary origins of the Turks, the golden age of their history, their subjugation by the Tang dynasty, and their liberation by Ilterish Qaghan. They were erected in honor of two Turkic princes, Kul Tigin and his brother Bilge Khagan. The Orkhon inscriptions (also known as the Orhon inscriptions, Orhun inscriptions, Khöshöö Tsaidam monuments (also spelled Khoshoo Tsaidam, Koshu-Tsaidam or Höshöö Caidam), or Kul Tigin steles ( simplified Chinese: 阙特勤碑 traditional Chinese: 闕特勤碑 pinyin: Què tèqín bēi) are two memorial installations erected by the Göktürks written in the Old Turkic alphabet in the early 8th century in the Orkhon Valley in what is modern-day Mongolia. ![]()
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