Gandj Nameh

The waterfall near Gandj Nameh is at the end of a small valley near the ancient road from Ecbatana to Konkobar and Behistun, about eight kilometers westsouthwest of modern Hamadan. The valley is lovely, with trees of common ash (which is locally known as "sparrow's tongue"). In Antiquity, this must have been a splendid picknicking place along the road, just like today. A satellite photo of the area can be found here.

To the left of the waterfall are two Achaemenid inscriptions, written in what Darius I the Great called the "Aryan script". In more recent times, the inscription was believed to indicate where a treasure could be found; in fact, "Gandj Nameh" means something like "treasure text".