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Samarkand—the famous city with Buddhist and Sanskrit roots now hosts the SCO summit

by Lokesh Chandra September 16, 2022

by Lokesh Chandra September 16, 2022

Samarkand was once a great centre of Buddhism and Sanskrit learning. It lay on the trade route from India via Bactria (Balkh) in today’s northern Afghanistan and Termez, a border …

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