Genghis Khan died on August 25, 1227 at the age of 72 on the territory of the Tungut state of Xi-Xia during his campaign to this country in 1226. Now it is the territory of Inner Mongolia (China). Even before his death, he continued to give instructions on how to defeat the Jurchens (the Jin state). Here in Ordos, by the Chzhamkha River, at the place of his death, the Chinese erected a mausoleum, a magnificent temple and a huge white-stone statue. Now it is a place of worship and tourism, although it is known that Genghis Khan's body was taken to Karakorum. The set of sutras and the Secret Legend mentions Mount Burkhan-Koldun, which the emperor chose for his burial and the burial of his loved ones. It also says that Genghis Khan himself was buried in the valley of the river. Kirentani.
According to ancient written sources, Mount BurkhanHoldun was located near the mouth of the river. Onon. On this mountain, Genghis Khan in his youth hid from his enemies - the Merkits, who lived in the neighborhood. Within the same limits were his summer and winter camps. Its capital, Karakorum, was also nearby.
Marco Polo wrote that all the great sovereigns, the descendants of Genghis Khan are buried in the great Altai mountain, and wherever the ruler of the Mongol-Tatars died, he was brought there even 100 days from that mountain. Genghis Khan himself was buried in Mount Burkhan-Koldun.
Altai in its ancient borders (from the Tien Shan to Baikal with the Tarbagatai ridge and Belukha mountain) was the sacred land for the Mongols (Scythians). However, it is known that the last khans of the Mongol Empire - the Chingizids - were buried within the lands of their rule. For example, the last khan of the Golden Horde, Kyrchak Oglan, was buried in the old part of Samara, and his relics and archives were buried in the Syzran region, near the settlement of Kostychu; Tamerlane rests in Samarkand with treasures; Kuchum - in the tomb near the lake. Balkhash; Khan Mamai - at the lake. Khan in the Krasnodar Territory, on the lands of the Northern Caucasus steppes, where the military guard of the Golden Horde was located.
As for Genghis Khan, his good relations with the cult centers of China, Tibet, the Magi allowed him to build a rocky tomb, not inferior to the Egyptian pharaohs, and to carry out the ceremony of his burial with the creation of the necessary protection. It was not necessary to create large pyramids here, since their role could be played by the peaks of mountains of many kilometers height, through which the vertical energy flows of space communications pass. Burial vaults were usually built under the tops of these mountains. Rashid ad-Din wrote that mourning for Genghis Khan lasted two years, and mourning for his name can be eternal.
Oral legends say that after the farewell ceremony with Genghis Khan, 7 coffins were removed from the capital Karakorum, which are buried in the strictest secrecy in restricted areas. Nobody knows in which coffin Genghis Khan himself was, and where - the double.
Scientific and amateur expeditions from Mongolia, Russia, China, Japan and other countries were looking for a real tomb. Since 1990, a Mongol-Japanese scientific expedition, armed with modern devices, has been conducting an unsuccessful search for the emperor's tomb for three years. The purpose of these searches, when the tomb was found, was the desire to build a cult and tourist complex here. But the population of Mongolia protests against the opening of the tomb, so as not to provoke the wrath of the spirits of their ancestors.
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The results of our research show that Mount Burkhan-Kholdun, on which Genghis Khan fled from his opponents in his youth, is located in the upper reaches of the river. Kuenga at the fork between the Agita and Aleur rivers. It is north of the modern city of Chernyshevsk.
Legends say that the first rocky tomb of Genghis Khan with underground passages inside the Burkhan-Kholdun mountain in plan looks like a large Scythian trident, at the ends of which there are three rooms with lancet arches. In the middle, largest room, there is a golden sarcophagus in which Genghis Khan rests with his favorite large emerald. It is embalmed and covered with honey. In front of the sarcophagus there are three vessels: one large and two smaller. His wives are in the adjoining rooms. The entrances here are guarded by numerous mysterious guards, including those in the form of bronze figures, the casting of which was carried out in the region of the Mongolian city of Altai. It is curious that the lake. Lake Baikal also has a rock "Cape Burkhan" (Bur is a rock, and in general is a rock of Khan). The rock looks like a high three-stage pyramid, the upper part of which is crowned with a Scythian trident. This stone structure is about 2.8 thousand years old. It was built over the tomb of the ancient ruler. It is not excluded that other similar Burkhans (khans' rocks) may be found in those parts.
Research and historical analogies with the transport of the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra to other places suggest the transport of Genghis Khan's sarcophagus from the Chita region to another rocky tomb, which could have occurred after Karakorum ceased to be the capital of the empire. A new burial vault could have been in Altai near Mount Belukha, near the Tarbagatai ridge or between the Maly Yenisei and Tes-Khem rivers (Tuva).
The residence of the Scythian peoples in Central Asia is confirmed by their numerous burials - tombs, similar to the famous Pazaryk mounds in Siberia and from Altai to the basin of the river. Onon in the Chita region. and Mongolia.
According to the testimonies of contemporaries X-XIII centuries. The Mongols (Scythians), unlike the Tatars, were tall, bearded, fair-haired and light-eyed people. Their descendants acquired a modern look due to the mixing of marriages with neighboring short, black-haired and dark-eyed peoples.
The Caucasian anthropological race of the first order has been traced by archaeologists in Siberia and Central Asia from the 1st millennium BC. e. until the middle of the 2nd millennium A. D. e.
Contemporaries of the XIII-XIV centuries. repeatedly noted that the soldiers of the multinational Mongolian army and neighboring countries freely communicated with each other, just like their commanders. Their communication took place through Slavic languages, various dialects, including Etruscan, Russian, Proto-Ukrainian, including the language in which "The Lay of Igor's Host", "The Book of Veles" are written
In addition, in those centuries, on the territory from Iran to the east of China, all spiritual and secular educational institutions taught in Sanskrit, which is related to the Slavic languages. Fiction, scientific, religious, legal literature was written in Sanskrit. The Slavic language was the language of interethnic communication in the past, as it is now. The Turkic language of communication was used less often.
Sports games - competitions were held in different regions of the empire. Large competitions like the Olympic Games were held in the southeast of the Tarbagatai ridge, west of the lake. Ulyunchur (Bulang-Tohoy), near the source of the Black Irtysh. In these places were the palaces of Genghis Khan and other rulers.
Scientific and industrial achievements in the Mongol Empire at that time were high. They included the secrets of the production of high-strength damask steel, products from unbreakable porcelain, the manufacture of non-magnetic compasses oriented only to the center of the South Pole, magic mirrors, etc. None of this has yet been reproduced in Europe.
There is reason to hope that answers to many questions about the history of Mongolia, its culture, writing, science, and military affairs can be found in the forgotten and unforgotten monastic underground storage facilities of the Baikal region, in the region of Ulan Bator, Beijing, near the rivers Barguzin, Tompuda, g. Ulan-Ude (Buryatia), etc. There should also be chronicles on the history of the Mughal Scythians in the depositories. It is curious that at present no one knows the burial area of Genghis Khan. It is also unknown his real image, either portrait or in stone. Legends say that in the Baikal region, at the source of the Yenisei, not far from the pyramid of Genghis Khan, a large statue of the emperor of stone towered above a high rock, and in the Lamaist monasteries there were statuettes of gold, silver, bronze. In the 18th century, the stone statue was destroyed by fanatics of the new religion,who traveled to the outskirts of tsarist Russia with soldiers, introducing the population to the new faith. Figures made of precious metals were confiscated by the new rulers after the 1917 revolution. However, the Lamaists could preserve not only the rare statues of Genghis Khan, but also his death masks. According to a well-known geologist from Moscow, as an admirer of Genghis Khan, the Lamaists in the mid-90s of the XX century provided great services to him. showed in one of the caves a sarcophagus with a stone statue of the emperor, next to which lay two death masks of white and dark colors. This area of the cave of sarcophagi was located to the east of the former capital of Karakarum, three days' march near the river. It is believed that the bronze statuettes of Genghis Khan are also in the storage of the closed library of Ivan the Terrible. Figures made of precious metals were confiscated by the new rulers after the 1917 revolution. However, the Lamaists could preserve not only the rare statues of Genghis Khan, but also his death masks. According to a well-known geologist from Moscow, as an admirer of Genghis Khan, the Lamaists in the mid-90s of the XX century provided great services to him. showed in one of the caves a sarcophagus with a stone statue of the emperor, next to which lay two death masks of white and dark colors. This area of the cave of sarcophagi was located to the east of the former capital of Karakarum, three days' march near the river. It is believed that the bronze statuettes of Genghis Khan are also in the storage of the closed library of Ivan the Terrible. Figures made of precious metals were confiscated by the new rulers after the 1917 revolution. However, the Lamaists could preserve not only the rare statues of Genghis Khan, but also his death masks. According to a well-known geologist from Moscow, as an admirer of Genghis Khan, the Lamaists in the mid-90s of the XX century provided great services to him. showed in one of the caves a sarcophagus with a stone statue of the emperor, next to which lay two death masks of white and dark colors. This area of the cave of sarcophagi was located to the east of the former capital of Karakarum, three days' march near the river. It is believed that the bronze statuettes of Genghis Khan are also in the storage of the closed library of Ivan the Terrible. According to a well-known geologist from Moscow, as an admirer of Genghis Khan, the Lamaists in the mid-90s of the XX century provided great services to him. showed in one of the caves a sarcophagus with a stone statue of the emperor, next to which lay two death masks of white and dark colors. This area of the cave of sarcophagi was located to the east of the former capital of Karakarum, three days' march near the river. It is believed that the bronze statuettes of Genghis Khan are also in the storage of the closed library of Ivan the Terrible. According to a well-known geologist from Moscow, as an admirer of Genghis Khan, the Lamaists in the mid-90s of the XX century provided great services to him. showed in one of the caves a sarcophagus with a stone statue of the emperor, next to which lay two death masks of white and dark colors. This area of the cave of sarcophagi was located to the east of the former capital of Karakarum, three days' march near the river. It is believed that the bronze statuettes of Genghis Khan are also in the storage of the closed library of Ivan the Terrible.that the bronze statuettes of Genghis Khan are also in the storage of the closed library of Ivan the Terrible.that the bronze statuettes of Genghis Khan are also in the storage of the closed library of Ivan the Terrible.
From the book: “Russian Atlantis. To the history of ancient civilizations and peoples”. Koltsov Ivan Evseevich