Khar Khorin literally translates as "Black Twenty", but another translation is probably more appropriate: "Black Castle" & "Black Rock" are among the best bets. Although only two Bixi can be seen there, the meadow around the Erdene Zuu Monastery is considered to be the capital of the Mongol Empire. Nearby, similar ruins of rectangular walls can be found, from north to south:
Kara Bator literally translates as "Black Hero" & was the last legendary ruler of the southernmost of these ruins. A Khagan seemed to have held court in a golden yurt on top of a citadel in Khar Balgas, meaning "Black Ruins": Is that citadel actually a kremlin of the Golden Horde & did the story get duplicated to what we today know as Mongolia?
Helena Blavatsky claims the northernmost of these ruins to be the northern gate to Shambhala, now a toponym near the Khamar Monastery: Did Aryans found the kingdom in Tartary, interrupting their migration from Hyperborea to India?
That spiritual kingdom is usually associated with Agartha, possibly a network of caves underneath Tibet, inhabited by Asuras, similar in the following traditions:
- Ahuras in Persia, where they play the opposite role
- Ashur in Assyria, the chief deity of its pantheon
- Aesir in Scandinavia, who originated from Asia
This pattern corresponds with the migration of what became the Khazar nobility along the Khazar Sea towards Europe: Did Zoroaster lay the foundations for the Abrahamic religions of western Eurasia & northern Africa?
