The Tonyukuk Inscription: The First Turkic Text of State Theory

724 CE · Bain Tsokto, Moğolistan · cultural

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.

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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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