Orkhon

American  

[awr-kon] / ˈɔr kɒn /

noun

1. a river in eastern central Asia, flowing east, north, and then northeast from the northern central Mongolian People's Republic to the Selenga River. About 400 miles (645 km) long.

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Orkhon

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 Yule, Henry

I saw a very exciting picture as I passed through a marmot colony near the Orkhon River.

From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ossendowski, Ferdinand

This vast monastery still exists, one English mile, or more, east of the Orkhon.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

The Chinese mention a range of mountains from which the Orkhon flows, called Wu-tê kien shan.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

The Orkhon inscriptions exhibit an old Turkish dialect written in the characters commonly called Runes and this Runic alphabet is used in manuscripts found at Tun-huang and Miran but those hitherto published are not Buddhist.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir