Ancient Rock Carvings Near Yinchuan, Ningxia Province

The first photo shows XiXia or Tangut script next to an older carving of some nomad’s deity; the script is sort of a Buddhist commentary on the earlier image.
The XiXia script has to date between the early 11th century and 1227, when Genghis Khan’s army took vengeance on those duplicitous Tanguts. The script looks pretty [...]