Chinggis Monuments

There are two places that claim to be the birth place of the great man. Here, within sight of Dadal or 80 km to the south west at a place called Binder. The Secret History, the first written version of the Mongol’s aural history penned in 1228 at Avraga, the first capital of G K’s united Mongolia, only mentions G. K. fishing as boy in the river Onon . Binder is closer to the Onon than Dadal. The Onon flows north east into Russia and the area between Binder and Dadal is the Onon’s source, being fed by numerous smaller rivers. So, go figure. But scholars are coming down on the side of Binder. Me, I like to think he was born here.

 

Close by is a natural spring with the sweetest tasting water ever. We filled our bottles here several times during our stay. Returning to drink the bottled water we had brought from UB was a shock. It tasted foul!!!!

Another interesting monument was erected last year on the 800 the anniversary of the Great Mongolian Empire . G K’s great, great grand father is credited with establishing the control and command systems that the Mongolian tribes used in lieu a regular government. It is said that he was the first to recognise the need for some sort of order in the affairs of the nomads.