Location | Nalaikh, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
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Coordinates | 47°41′40″N 107°28′33″E / 47.69449°N 107.47594°E |
Type | Tomb |
The Tonyukuk inscriptions (Chinese: 暾欲谷碑), also called the Bain Tsokto inscriptions are Turkic inscriptions of the 8th century located in Nalaikh, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They are one of the oldest written attestations of the Turkic language family, predating the Orkhon inscriptions (Khöshöö Tsaidam monuments) by several years.[1]