এপার গঙ্গা ওপার আমুদরিয়া | Epar Ganga Opar Amudariya

of Khawrism, with the archaeological evidence of a vivacious court-dancer of Mohenjodaro (2500 B. C.), The archaeological - expedition in cemetries of the pastora] tribes under the cool and bluish shade of Deodar groves on the Southern slopes of Hindukusb, revealed a few fragments of fossils, wearing the diamond-drilled carnelian beads, brought from India ; statues of emperors and darkskinned armour-plated warriors of South Indian style were found in the ruins of the ancient palace (3rd or 4th century A. D.) of Khawrism sugges~ ting that Khorezm troops at that time included Indians. Numerous othez discoveries by the archaeologica! expedition led by P.S. Tolstov, Alexander Frumkin and other leading Soviet experts of archaeology, established that this historical truth— the Gangetic land had obviously broad ties of friendship with the region of Amudarya and Sirdarya, since time immemorial, A number of adventurous Budhist monks along, with the countless number of ambitious traders, frequently crossed the snow-covered lofty Himalayas and the Hindukush-Pamir and traversing the vast and dreadful desert went to Central Asia through Great Silk Road (29 B. C.) many _ thousand years ago, Obviously they had spread their own distinctive -cultural and religious beliefs in the land of Amudarya (Oxus or Bakshu is also mentioned in the Vedas) and Sirdarya, The foundations of Rusgsian-Indian relations had perhaps been laid in the old caravan sarai, the meeting place of the traders from various countries of the ancient world. These caravan sarais of famous trade centres were, nevertheless, the major information exchanges or embassies of early days, . Asynopsis of this book was sent to Mr Surat Mirkasymov, ‘Vice-President Soviet-Indian Friendship Society of