Khuiten River Rock Inscriptions

At the head of Khuiten River in the territory of the second bag of Khongor soum of Darkhan-Uul Province, under the shelter of a rock of Bichigt Khoshuu, there are Mongolian and Phags-pa script inscriptions and red ochre paintings. When this historical finding was first discovered and studied in 1981 by Doctor N. Ser-Odjav, B. Tseveendorj, and A. Ochir, it was determined that the Mongolian inscription was written with Chinese black ink, and although some words cannot be fully deciphered and read, the general meaning of the inscription was outlined. The inscription on the rock states: “Under the power of Eternal Heaven and under the throne of the Khan, commemorating one event, write on the wall and present (as a memorial) symbolically on the eighth day of the ninth month of the year of the rooster.” The adjacent seven-line vertical Phags-pa script monument has been greatly worn and faded over the years and its meaning has not been fully deciphered. In addition, there are depictions drawn with red ochre of a bird spreading its wings and flying, people, a person within a square frame, and many dots that may represent livestock counting.