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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

For reference, a similar relief from the tomb of Xerxes I.Detail of Indian soldiers.Ataxerxes III (tomb in Persepolis) Soldiers of the Empire
For reference, a similar relief from the tomb of Xerxes I.Detail of Indian soldiers.Ataxerxes III (tomb in Persepolis) Soldiers of the Empire © Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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