Bandian Dargaz

Bandian Dargaz site in Khorasan, is one of the fire temples dating back to the Sasanian period. In this fire temple, carved miniature motifs including animals such as goat, deer, ram, cow, horse, snake, scorpion, wolf, fox, turkey, swallow and dove have been found. In this article, carved miniature motifs are examined and analyzed. 

A series of architectural spaces were discovered from the excavation of Tepe C of Bandiān Dargaz, a site revealing both the Islamic and Sasanian periods. The surface layer is related to the Ilkhanid period followed with the layer of the Sasanian period, which further consists of two phases. The architecture of the first phase is the remains of a palace, which had probably been transformed into a set of industrial-production workshops in the second phase of architecture. The remains of the palace include a pillared hall, long halls, and a part that is probably a Mithraeum and was built during the reign of Yazdgerd I.