Woodblocks for the Tibetan-Mongolian Dictionary of Terms and Definitions, were first created in 1742 by Mongolian Buddhist scholars and translators, but these were lost. A complete set of the woodblocks was recreated in 1924 and were some of the last…

This Sutra of the Great Deity Tara, a goddess of the Buddhist religion widely popular in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia, is a book written on a 4.5x5.0 cm page. It is believed to have been produced in about 1914 using a single animal hair. It has a total…

In 1741 a huge translation programme began in Mongolia. At that time, Mongolia was dominated by the Buddhist monastic organisation, and the programme was undertaken at the behest of the Mongolian Living Buddha, the reincarnated head of the monastic…

Mongolian historiography started in the 13th century with the writing of the "Secret History of the Mongols", dealing with the origins of the Mongols, and more particularly with the history of Chinggis Khan and his immediate successors.…