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In the introductory paragraphs of his article, SlMS-WlLLlAMS men-
tions inscriptions, observed at Shatial and other sites of the Indus
valley which reveal cordial relations between the Buddhist mer-
chants (writing in Brahmi) and the Sogdian leaders of the caravans
from the north, adherents of their indigenous religion. Accidental-
ly, a man with a Sogdian name has a father with an Indian name,
and in such a case SlMS-WlLLlAMS assumed that intermarriage
took place.
However, this mutual respect and the bias to seek alliances was
not necessarily shared by all members of the caravans who
reached the Indus valley. Among the graffiti, discovered at Thor
North, there is one ridiculing the Buddhist faith and its founder as
a passive pederast. The answer is visible on the same rock. A man
in Iranian dress is shown, commiting bestiality with a goat (JETT-
MAR 1989: LII). Apparently, servants, armed guards and grooms
had not the same standard of religious tolerance.
BtMogmp/ty
BAILEY, H.W. 1968. Sa/ca DocM/?i6/iA, Text Volume. Corpus Inscriptionum Irani-
carum Part II. Vol. V London.
BECKWITH, C.I. 1987. 77?e 7Ybetan L/n/nTe 9: Centra/ A y/a.' A History o/ t/?e
Stmgg/e lor Great Power among L/hetan.s, 7nrly, Arabs' an?/ C7n7ie.se e/nr/ng t/;e
Lar/y A/n/c//c Age.s. Princeton, New Jersey.
BELENICKIJ, A.M. 1963. Ahn-r-La/'e/ze/n Atnelzanznzec/ 7bn Ae/z/?:ec/ yf/-Lzmnl'
.S'ohra/zz'e yvec/enÿ c///'a poz/ra/nÿa Jrayocenno.stey /Af/nera/o^z/aC Leningrad.
BERNARD, P. 1991. Les rhytons de Nisa: à quoi, à qui ont-ils servi? Histoire et
en/te,s c/e /Nyz'e Centra/e jpréls/anuTyae: 31-38. Paris.
COLLESS, B.E. 1986. The Nestorian Province of Samarkand. Ahr-/Va/:ra/n XXIV:
51-57.
D'JAKONOW, N.V., SOROKIN, S.S. 1960. C/zotanykze c/revnoytz. Leningrad.
EGGERMONT, P.H.L. 1975. A/cTa/zc/erA eanzpaz'g?z.s /n .Sine/ an?/ Ba/nc/a.stan ont/
t/ie szege ql f/?e Pra/tmzn town qlHarcr?ate//a. Orientalia Lovanensia Analecta 3.
Leuven.
FRANCFORT, H.-P. 1984. Lonz7/e,s c/Hz-L/zanonnz. H7 Le yanetzza/ne c/n temp/e a
nz'c/zey znc/entéey. 2. Ley tronvaz//ey. Memoire de la Délégation Archéologique
Française en Afghanistan. Tome XXVII. Paris.
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tions inscriptions, observed at Shatial and other sites of the Indus
valley which reveal cordial relations between the Buddhist mer-
chants (writing in Brahmi) and the Sogdian leaders of the caravans
from the north, adherents of their indigenous religion. Accidental-
ly, a man with a Sogdian name has a father with an Indian name,
and in such a case SlMS-WlLLlAMS assumed that intermarriage
took place.
However, this mutual respect and the bias to seek alliances was
not necessarily shared by all members of the caravans who
reached the Indus valley. Among the graffiti, discovered at Thor
North, there is one ridiculing the Buddhist faith and its founder as
a passive pederast. The answer is visible on the same rock. A man
in Iranian dress is shown, commiting bestiality with a goat (JETT-
MAR 1989: LII). Apparently, servants, armed guards and grooms
had not the same standard of religious tolerance.
BtMogmp/ty
BAILEY, H.W. 1968. Sa/ca DocM/?i6/iA, Text Volume. Corpus Inscriptionum Irani-
carum Part II. Vol. V London.
BECKWITH, C.I. 1987. 77?e 7Ybetan L/n/nTe 9: Centra/ A y/a.' A History o/ t/?e
Stmgg/e lor Great Power among L/hetan.s, 7nrly, Arabs' an?/ C7n7ie.se e/nr/ng t/;e
Lar/y A/n/c//c Age.s. Princeton, New Jersey.
BELENICKIJ, A.M. 1963. Ahn-r-La/'e/ze/n Atnelzanznzec/ 7bn Ae/z/?:ec/ yf/-Lzmnl'
.S'ohra/zz'e yvec/enÿ c///'a poz/ra/nÿa Jrayocenno.stey /Af/nera/o^z/aC Leningrad.
BERNARD, P. 1991. Les rhytons de Nisa: à quoi, à qui ont-ils servi? Histoire et
en/te,s c/e /Nyz'e Centra/e jpréls/anuTyae: 31-38. Paris.
COLLESS, B.E. 1986. The Nestorian Province of Samarkand. Ahr-/Va/:ra/n XXIV:
51-57.
D'JAKONOW, N.V., SOROKIN, S.S. 1960. C/zotanykze c/revnoytz. Leningrad.
EGGERMONT, P.H.L. 1975. A/cTa/zc/erA eanzpaz'g?z.s /n .Sine/ an?/ Ba/nc/a.stan ont/
t/ie szege ql f/?e Pra/tmzn town qlHarcr?ate//a. Orientalia Lovanensia Analecta 3.
Leuven.
FRANCFORT, H.-P. 1984. Lonz7/e,s c/Hz-L/zanonnz. H7 Le yanetzza/ne c/n temp/e a
nz'c/zey znc/entéey. 2. Ley tronvaz//ey. Memoire de la Délégation Archéologique
Française en Afghanistan. Tome XXVII. Paris.
XVII