Ongin inscription

The Ongin inscription was discovered in 1891 in Mongolia near the Ongi River, 160 km south of the Orkhon inscriptions and 402 km south-west of the Tonyukuk inscriptions.: 177  It was erected in honor of El Etmish Yabgu and written in Yenisey script. Line 12 makes it clear that the author of the inscription erected a memorial to his father.: 183  According to Gerard Clauson, it must have been erected between 716 and 735, during the reign of Bilge Qaghan.: 191  According to Ercilasun it was erected in 719 or 720.

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