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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Feb 28 2017 | 4:48 PM IST
Historical records compiled more than 600 years ago about Genghis Khan's empire have been translated from classical Chinese into the Mongolian language.
The records consist of 15 books with 210 volumes and chronicle the rise and fall of the Mongol empire.
They were compiled in 1370 AD as ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), which ended Mongolian reign in China, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.
Over the past six centuries, historians have made several attempts to translate the books, written in Classical Chinese, into Mongolian. But the efforts were interrupted due to difficulty and war.
In March 2014, 16 experts in Mongolian history teamed up to start translation.
They believe the historical records could help Mongolian people better understand their own history.

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The books will be published in the next two years.
One of the largest empires in history, the Mongol Empire, later known as the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) in China, once extended from China to Central Europe.
Its founder, Genghis Khan, unified nomadic tribes before conquering large areas of Eurasia.

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First Published: Feb 28 2017 | 4:48 PM IST

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