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On the History of Early Medieval Sughd-Korean Relations Bobur Goyibov | Associate Professor on Sogdian Scripts, Head of the Department of the Samarkand State University

Afrosiyab murals are the symbol of Sughd-Korean relations.

It should be noted that the history of Sughd-Korean relations will not be
mentioned in the research until the murals of Afrasiab are found.
In the spring of 1965, six more buildings with paintings on the walls were
unveiled in the ruins of Afrasiab. On the south wall of one of them is a picture of two
men standing upright. One of them is wearing a red cloak and the other is wearing
a white cloak (Ambassador of Chaghaniyon) with a Sogdian inscription on the
open part of the cloak. The record is almost completely preserved. This distinctive
credential, written by a special secretary, consists of a sixteen-line vertical mantle.
Text was read by V.A.Livshits. [31] The posters show the history of embassy relations
in Sughd and a number of aspects of embassy norms.
The murals depict not only the ambassador of Chaghaniyon, but also
ambassadors from countries such as China (or the embassy of East Turkestan
in figures seventh, eight, ninth, tenth, eleventh), Chach, Korea (figures twenty-
fourth and twenty-fifth). In addition, two more embassy groups (figures twenty-fifth,
twenty-second, twenty-third) are depicted on the West Wall, which are occupied by
Varkhuman servants and interpreters. figures twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth Albaum L.I. Painting A frasiab (Tashkent: Fan, 1975),

[31] Livsic Vladimir, The Sogdian Wall Inscriptions on the Site of Afrasiab // Royal Nauruz in Samarkand Proceedings of the Conference Held in Venice
on the Pre-Islamik Paintings at Afrasiab. Rivista Degli Studi Orientali, Nuova Serie Vol. 78, Supple mento N. 1 (2004). Ed. M. Comparetti, E. de la
Vaissiere, (Pisa-Roma: 2006), 62.

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