Kharkhul Khaany Balgas

Khar Khul Khaany Balgas lies in the Khanui valley, a substantial walled city of the Mongol imperial age. Its plan includes a palace precinct, a possible Buddhist temple and a district laid out on a grid. Archaeological evidence points to occupation in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, when craftsmen and farmers lived within the city. Its arrangement resembles Karakorum, although the two stood in different valleys and had different surroundings.