Orkhon
Americannoun
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A paper was contributed by Mr. E. Delmar Morgan on 'The Results of the Russian Archæological Researches in the Basin of the Orkhon in Mongolia.'
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
This vast monastery still exists, one English mile, or more, east of the Orkhon.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
Mohammedan authors say it took its name of Karákorum from the mountains to the south of it, in which the Orkhon had its source.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
I saw a very exciting picture as I passed through a marmot colony near the Orkhon River.
From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski
Prof. Pelliot accepts as a Mongol plural Tangut, but remarks that it is very ancient, as Tangut is already to be found in the Orkhon inscriptions.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
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