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| Keywords: Ravenstein-Tyr-monument-194.png en One of the Yuan and Ming Dynasty monuments on the Tyr cliff Khabarovsk Krai seen ca 1860 and described by E G Ravenstein in his book as follows The first of these monuments stands two paces from the precipic and is about five feet high Its base is granite and the upper portion is a grey fine-grained marble From two inscriptions on this monument we learn that in former times a temple or monastery stood here The Archimandrite Avvakum believes them to have been made by some illiterate Mongol lama who wrote 'Tzi-yun-nin-zy' instead of 'Yun-nin-zy-tzi' i e 'Inscription on the Monastery of the Eternal Repose' On the back of the monument a similar inscription occurs in Mongolian On the left-hand side stand the Sanscrit words 'Om-mani-badme-khum' and beneath in Chinese 'Dai Yuan shouch'hi-li-gun-bu' i e 'The great Yuan spread the hands of force everywhere' In a second line on the same side the words of 'Om-mani-badme-khum' are written in Chinese and Nigurian The inscription on the right side contains the same in Chinese Tibetan and Nigurian ru Юаньская стела на Ты ском утесе за исованная около 1860 г Illustration on page 194 in the book by E G Ravernstein The Russians on the Amur Drawing by Permikin engraved by W Brewer Published in London England in 1861 PD-old Tyr monuments Yuan Dynasty | ||||
