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A detail from Strahlenberg's 18th-century map of "Great Tartary", showing "Karakoschun, or, the Tomb of the Great and Famous Genghis Khan" in the southern "Ordus". After Genghis Khan died in or around Gansu [7] on 12 July AD 1227, [8] his remains were supposedly carried back to central Mongolia and buried secretly and without markings, in accordance with his personal directions.
This was the sacred place where Genghis Khan went to pray to the sky god Tengri before embarking on his campaign to unite the Mongols and other steppe peoples.After the rise of the Mongol Empire, it then became known as Ikh Khorig, or the Great Taboo, with only the Mongol royal family, or golden family, being permitted entry to the area.
Location of Tomb: Article: Genghis Khan: Mongol military leader and founder of the Mongol Empire: Beside a river near Kandehuo Enclosure, Ejin Horo Banner, Inner Mongolia, China; Khan's body is not there (it has never been found) Mausoleum of Genghis Khan: Damdin Sükhbaatar: Revolutionary hero and founder of the modern Mongolian state
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Genghis Khan [a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes , he launched a series of military campaigns , conquering large parts of China and Central Asia .
Genghis Khan Mausoleum in the Ejin Horo Banner At the southern end of the Ordos grassland, there is a river originating from Dingbian County in northwestern Shaanxi, flowing through the Otog Banner and Uxin Banner in Inner Mongolia, and then flowing from the east of Batuwan Village into the territory of northern Shanxi, after converging with ...
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The Ikh Khorig (Mongolian: Их Хориг), or Great Taboo, is a 240 km 2 (93 sq mi) area in the Khentii Aimag (province) of Mongolia, believed by some to be the location of Genghis Khan's grave. It has been carefully guarded for most of its history, and it is only since the late 1980s that the area has been open to archaeologists .