DNa inscription

A photograph of the DNa inscription at Naqshe Rostam, 2018
The Achaemenid Persian Empire at its greatest extent, c. 500 BCE[1][2][3]
The nationalities mentioned in the DNa inscription are also depicted on the upper register of the tomb of Darius I, as on all the dynastic tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam and Persepolis.[4][5]

The DNa inscription (abbreviation for Darius Naqsh-e Rostam inscription "a") is a famous Achaemenid royal inscription located in Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran. It dates to c. 490 BCE, the time of Darius the Great, and appears in the top-left corner of the façade of his tomb.

  1. ^ O'Brien, Patrick Karl (2002). Oxford Atlas of World History. Oxford University Press. pp. 42–43. ISBN 9780195219210. Western portion of the Achaemenid Empire appears on page 42, eastern portion on page 43.
  2. ^ Barraclough, Geoffrey (1989). The Times Atlas of World History. Times Books. p. 79. ISBN 0723003041.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Patrick (1999). Philip's Atlas of World History. George Philips Limited. pp. 42–43. ISBN 0681031891.
  4. ^ The Achaemenid Empire in South Asia and Recent Excavations in Akra in Northwest Pakistan Peter Magee, Cameron Petrie, Robert Knox, Farid Khan, Ken Thomas p.713-714
  5. ^ NAQŠ-E ROSTAM – Encyclopaedia Iranica.