Pasargada

(Πασαργάδα). The older of the two capitals of Persis (the other and later being Persepolis), is said to have been founded by Cyrus the Great on the spot where he gained his great victory over Astyages. The tomb of Cyrus stood here in the midst of a beautiful park. The exact site is doubtful. Most modern geographers identify it with Murghab, northeast of Persepolis, where there are the remains of a great sepulchral monument of the ancient Persians. See Persia, p. 1212.