[custom_adv] Ganj Nameh is an ancient inscription, 5 km south-west of Hamedan, on the side of Alvand Mountain in homeland. The inscriptions were carved in granite in two sections. [custom_adv] The one on the left was ordered by Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and the one on the right by Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Both sections were carved in three ancient languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite. [custom_adv] The inscriptions start with praise of the Zoroastrian God (Ahura Mazda) and describe the lineage and deeds of the mentioned kings. [custom_adv] Later generations who could not read the Cuneiform alphabets of the ancient Persian assumed that they contained the guide to an uncovered treasure; hence they called it Ganjnameh. [custom_adv] The name literally means "treasure epistle", but it has also been called Jangnameh whose literal translation is "war epistle". [custom_adv] "The Great God Ahuramazda, greatest of all the gods, who created the earth and the sky and the people; who made Xerxes king, and outstanding king as outstanding ruler among innumerable rulers; I the great king Xerxes, king of kings, king of lands with numerous inhabitants, king of this vast kingdom with far-away territories, son of the Achaemenid monarch Darius." [custom_adv] Two modern contemporary carved tablets have been placed in the site's parking lot with Persian explanation and its English translation. [custom_adv] Ganj Nameh is an ancient inscription, 5 km south-west of Hamedan, on the side of Alvand Mountain in homeland. The inscriptions were carved in granite in two sections. [custom_adv] The one on the left was ordered by Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and the one on the right by Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Both sections were carved in three ancient languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite.
