The inscriptions relate both political advice and military campaigns, and are the first written document of the Turkic theory of statecraft.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was The Tonyukuk Inscription: The First Turkic Text of State Theory?
- Tonyukuk, chief counsellor of the Göktürks, had monuments erected in his own name; he carries historical importance as the first Turkic statesman both to write himself and to issue commands.
- When did The Tonyukuk Inscription: The First Turkic Text of State Theory happen?
- 724 CE
- Where did The Tonyukuk Inscription: The First Turkic Text of State Theory take place?
- Bain Tsokto, Moğolistan