About this place

Bisotun inscription, also known as Dariush inscription, is a massive rock relief with multilingual inscription at Mount Bisotun 30 km away from Kermanshah. The inscription was established by Darius the Great (550–486 BC), the king of Achaemenid dynasty. The inscription was written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. It explain the victorious of Darius the Great in diffrent conflicts and revolts in 525 rows. The rock relief also depicts all the nine rebels. The King recieves grace of God and says: By the grace of Ahuramazda I am king; Ahuramazda has granted me the kingdom.