As it is not thought that any of these remains are of a date anterior to the Sassanian kingdom, no description will be given of them here.

We are only concerned with the Median city, and that has entirely disappeared.

Of the seven walls, one alone is to be traced; and even here the Median structure has perished, and been replaced by masonry of a far later age.

Excavations may hereafter bring, to light some remnants of the original town, but at present research has done no more than recover for us a forgotten site.
The Median city next in importance to the two Ecbatanas was Raga or Rhages, near the Caspian Gates, almost at the extreme eastern limits of the territory possessed by the Medes.
The great antiquity of this place is marked by its occurrence in the Zendavesta among the primitive settlements of the Arians.

Its celebrity during the time of the Empire is indicated by the position which it occupies in the romances of Tobit and Judith.