The Ingush | Sons of Caucasus (Потомки Кавказа)

According to Leonti Mroveli, the 11th-century Georgian chronicler, Caucas (Kavkasos) is the legendary ancestor of the Ingush. Vakhtang VI of Kartli, as well as his son Vakhushti of the Bagrationi dynasty, refer to the Ingush as Dzurdzuks. Many Georgian, Greek and German chroniclers also use the term Kists or Ghlighvi. The ancient Greek historian Strabo wrote about the Gelai, while American cartographer Joseph Hutchins Colton labeled the people as Gelians. The Ingush are the first and main builders of towers in the Caucasus, famously known for having battle towers with pyramidal roofs.

They refer to themselves as Ghalghai, which can be translated as "people of towers".
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