The Liao (Khitan) built walled towns and forts along the Kherlen and in the Hulun Buir region in the tenth and eleventh centuries (the sites called Kherlen Bars in the archaeology of Dornod).
They fell to the Jin after 1125. In 1200 they are ruins that herders camp in or beside; Avraga, Chinggis Khan's later ordo on the Kherlen, is not yet. Which sites were in use that winter is not known; the marker is indicative only.
Who holds it
- Name
- no holder
- Title
- Ruins
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
no one
How things stand that morning
Abandoned or used by herders.
Walls and castle
none (camp, mountain or open site)
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Known from Mongolian archaeology; no source for 1200.
On the map: Indicative.
Sources and studies
- Christopher P. Atwood, Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire (2004)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.