put the body of Christ in, with relics inlittle cavities made in the sides of the box. Now M. Marcel Monnier, who is oneof the last, if not the last traveller who visited the region, tells me that he found inthe large temple of Erdeni Tso an iron (the cast bore a Latin cross; had the waferbeen… … Entrance to the Erdeni Tso Great Temple. Note 2.—[Mr. Rockhill {Rubruck, 113, note) says : The earliest date to whichI have been able to trace back the name Tartar is a.d. 732. We find mention madein a Turkish inscription found on the river Orkhon and bearing that date, of theTokuz Tatar, or Nine…
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Inscriptions, Chinese · Early maps · Mongols · Voyages and travels
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