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Bars-Hot or Kherlen Bars was a city built by the Khitan people in the basin of the Kherlen River in Eastern Mongolia.[1] During the Liao dynasty it was called Hedong City (Шаблон:Zh). 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.

Bars-Hot Pagoda

A ruined octagonal brick pagoda (sometimes referred to as a stupa or a watchtower) dating to the 11th century is located near the city walls.[2] It originally comprised seven stories, but its top section is now missing. There were originally a pair of pagodas at this site, but in the 1940s the Soviet garrison used cannon fire to destroy the smaller pagoda.[3] Although the remaining pagoda is missing its top section, at Шаблон:Convert in height it is the tallest surviving pre-modern structure in Mongolia.[3]

In June 2014 a team of Mongolian and Japanese scientists surveyed the ruins of the pagoda, and made measurements and 3D scans of it. They found that the external brick wall was Шаблон:Convert thick, with an external diameter of Шаблон:Convert and an internal diameter of Шаблон:Convert at the base. They found traces of coloured plaster on the surface of the internal wall, which they considered to be remains of a mural painting.[4]

The pagoda was extensively restored and reconstructed between 2014 and 2016 and now belongs to several attractions related to the Khitan in eastern Mongolia.[5][6]

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