Bars-Hot

Bars-Hot or Kherlen Bars was a city built by the Khitan people in the basin of the Kherlen River in Tsagaan-Ovoo, Dornod Province [1]. During the Liao dynasty it was called Hedong City [1]. It occupied an area of 1.6 by 1.8 kilometres and was surrounded with mud walls, which are today 4 metres thick and 1.5–2 metres high [1]. A ruined octagonal brick pagoda dating to the 11th century is located near the city walls [1]. It originally comprised seven stories, but its top section is now missing [1].