The Orkhon Inscriptions // Göktürk Primary Source // Bilgä Qaghan (683

Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

After the Huns, before the Mongols, the Second Turkic Qhaganate ruled the Steppe.

Here we have an extract from an ancient memorial stone found in the very centre of Mongolia, The Orkon Valley. The entire inscription speaks of the legendary origins of the Turks, and gives us the first recorded example of Turkic script in history.

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