Inscription of Yanran

General view of Baruun ilgen hills in south of Inel (Yanran) mountains
The cliff with ancient inscription of Yanran
Ancient inscription in a cliff on the hills
Inscription of Baruun ilgen hills in the southern part of the Inil (Delgerkhangai) mountains

45°10′40.3″N 104°33′14.7″E / 45.177861°N 104.554083°E / 45.177861; 104.554083 The Inscription on the Ceremonial Mounding of Mount Yanran (Chinese: 封燕然山銘; pinyin: Fēng Yānránshān Míng) is an inscription composed by the historian Ban Gu of the Eastern Han dynasty and carved by the general Dou Xian on a cliff in the Yanran Mountains (modern Delgerkhangai Mountains) in 89 AD, to commemorate Dou's victory against the nomadic Xiongnu Empire. The text is in the 5th-century official history Book of Later Han, and the inscription was rediscovered by researchers in the Baruun Ilgen hills located south of Inil/Inel (modern Delgerkhangai) mountain, which is in the Gobi desert of Dundgovi Province, central Mongolia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Laurie Chen (21 August 2017). "Archaeologists discover story of China's ancient military might carved in cliff face". South China Morning Post.
  2. ^ Yu Shujuan (14 August 2017). 中蒙考察队中方专家齐木德道尔吉：发现《封燕然山铭》. Thepaper.cn (in Chinese).