Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Orhon (or Orkhon) inscriptions are the oldest known Turkic writings, which were erected near the Orhon River between 732 and 735 in honour of two Kokturk princes named Kul and Bilge. They have been carved on two monuments by old Turkic runes (see Old Turkic alphabet), which were deciphered by the Danish philologist Vilhelm Thomsen in 1893. Compared with monuments left by Tu-jue (突厥 pinyin tu2 jue2) in China during Tang Dynasty, the inscription was the fundamental proof of the equivalence of Gokturks and Tu-jue (突厥 pinyin tu2 jue2) as the alphabets are equivalent. See also: Gokturk Runes External links See texts of Orhon: http://www.turcoman.btinternet.co.uk/orkhon-inscription.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/turkishlearner/messages/459 http://altaica.narod.ru/links.htm http://users.pandora.be/orientaal/turkcestan.html http://www.cossackweb.com/gumilev/introd.htm http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/cenasia/hypermail/200005/0047.html http://www.angelfire.com/on/paksoy/islam4.html http://www.doncroner.com/Mongolia/Chingis/Secret/SecretHistory.html http://www.metu.edu.tr/~eas/linksmain.htm http://sophistikatedkids.com/turkic/13%20Oguz%20and%20Ogur/OguzesEn.htm http://eurasia-research.com/erc/000cam.htm http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/53/128.html This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.