Behistun

, Bisitun, Bisutun

a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement

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Arachosia
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Armina
Behistun Inscription
Chronology
Gandhara
Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Iran
Khwarazm
Khwarazmians
Margiana
Parthian Empire
Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke
Rey

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