TEHRAN -- Examples of ancient Iranian scripts will be posted on the www.ahnavad.com website, which is to be launched in the near future, the Persian service of CHN reported on Friday.

“Ahnavad is one of the first five chapters of Zoroaster's songs known as the Gathas,” website designer Esfandiar Khosraviani said.

The designing of the software for the ancient Iranian scripts has provided an opportunity to make use of these scripts in typing, he added. “The website will offer a new perspective on ancient Iranian scripts. The website will have different sections including information on Iranian calligraphy and history and various parts of the Zoroastrianism holy book the Avesta such as the Gathas.”

“There also will be some links to other websites related to Iranian culture,” he stated.

Khosraviani went on to say that the site’s home page is already designed and he looks forward to the criticism and suggestions of computer experts.

He previously released the Din Dabireh educational program on CD and presented it to the country’s Zoroastrian schools in 2004.

Din Dabireh, an alphabet designed for the representation of the Avestan language, was created in the 3rd century CE for writing the hymns of Zoroaster. Many of the letters are derived from the old Pahlavi alphabet of Persia.