Taq Bostan is a collection of petroglyphs and inscriptions of the Sassanid period, which is located in the northwest of the city of Kermanshah in the west of Iran.. The presence of mountains and springs in this place has turned it into a tourist attraction of Rooh Feza, which has been of interest since ancient times until today..
Taq Bostan in native language (Did it) It is called an arch. "San" means stone and in this way Taq Bostan means a stone arch. This complex was built in the third century AD. The Sassanid kings first chose the area around Persepolis to carve their statues, but from the time of Ardashir II and the kings after him, they chose Taq Bostan, which was located in the middle of the Silk Road and had a green and watery nature..
On the right side of the small porch, there is a petroglyph that shows the coronation scene of Ardeshir II, the ninth Sassanid king.. In this scene, the Sassanid king is depicted in a standing position with a three-quarter face and a full-faced body in the center of the scene, with his left hand on the hilt of the sword and with his right hand, he takes a ring with a ribbon from Ahura Mazda.. The Sassanid king has big eyes and prominent eyebrows. His beard is curly and his hair hangs on his shoulders. He has earrings on his ears, a necklace on his neck, and a bracelet on his wrist. Her earring is in the form of a circular ring with a small ball hanging from it. Her necklace also includes a row of large pearl beads. On the side of the entrance of the arch, there is a beautiful petroglyph of winged angels, the tree of life, boar hunting and fowl and fish hunting in the marsh, and elephant, horse, and boat motifs, which indicate the celebration and joy.. Below is the coronation of Khosrow Parviz, an armored rider on a horse. It is not certain who this rider is, either a warrior or Khosrow Parviz or Pirouz Sassani. But it shows the strength and power of the Shah and Iranians.
According to the religion of the ancient Iranians, anyone who wanted to be a king had to have royal merit and dignity (Yezidi) be. It is due to the power of this far kiani that a person is adorned with spiritual and sensual perfections and is chosen by God to guide people.. In Zoroastrianism, anyone who is pleased with God, be it a king, a pious person, or a scholar, has a godly gift..
The image of Forohar is always visible in the ancient times as depicted here, in which Forohar wears a crown and gives the ring of Yazidi to the king.. Shah's dress and Forohar's image are to some extent the same. Both of them are wearing pleated pants that are attached to their ankles by bands. Also, both have a belt and bracelets. On the left side of the king is Mitra or Mehr, the ancient prophet of Iran. Christ is very similar to Mithras in terms of his birth and religion. Even many Christian rituals are the same Mithraic rituals. His image, next to the image of the king, expresses the cleansing of the king's heart from hatred and turning to kindness, which concept has always been far from the eyes of foreign Iranian scholars.. Arrows of light from Mithra's head are scattered in all directions, and each arrow is a light that spreads a seal to embrace the king.. Also, Mitra is holding a branch of a plant called "barsom" in his hand, with which he is busy performing fertility and prosperity rituals..
Three statues can be seen in the biggest arch. The king is in the middle, Forohar is on his right, which is like the coronation of Ardashir II, and Anahita is on the left of the king.. Anahita is the angel of the waters and the appearance of dates and greenery.
Khosrow Parviz was very interested in Anahita and built the temple of Anahita near Kangavar, a city in the east of Kermanshah, where he gave his heart to Meher Shirin..
All the images and motifs of this relief have been done with skill and precision, and the smallest things have been made delicately .
