INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mazandaran to be subjected to scientific archaeological excavations.The hill, which is located four kilometers from the Caspian Sea, was
registered on the national heritage list in 2011 and archaeologists have been exploring it for more than a decade.The first season of
excavation took place in the eastern part of the hill, and excavation went down to a depth of about 10 meters from the hilltop, but was
ceramic seals decorated with animal and geometric motifs and inscriptions in the Pahlavi script were also found
borders were crossed by Mongol invaders in the 13th and 14th centuries
Cossacks attacked the region in 1668 but were repulsed
It was ceded to the Russian Empire by a treaty in 1723, but the Russians were never secure in their occupation
The area was restored to Iran under the Qajar dynasty.The northern section of the region consists of lowland alongside the Caspian and
upland along the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains
Marshy backlands dominate the coastal plain, and extensive gravel fans fringe the mountains
