The
Orkhon inscriptions , also known as Orhon Inscriptions, Orhun Inscriptions, and the Khöshöö Tsaidam monuments (, also spelled
Khoshoo Tsaidam,
Koshu-Tsaidam) are two memorial installations erected by the
Göktürks written in
Old Turkic alphabet in the early 8th century in the
Orkhon Valley in
Mongolia. They were erected in honor of two Turkic princes,
Kul Tigin and his brother
Bilge Khagan.