[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Iran](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir) › [Sogdian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.sog) › The Sogdian Ancient Letters # The Sogdian Ancient Letters (Ancient Letters) Letters of Sogdian merchants found in a watchtower west of Dunhuang (c. 313 CE); Letter II reports that after the sack of Luoyang "the Indians and the Sogdians there had all died of starvation". - **Language:** Sogdian - **Date:** 312–314 CE - **Author:** [Nanai-vandak](https://indike.org/pramana/person/nanai-vandak) - **Place:** Dunhuang - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.sog.ancient-letters](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.sog.ancient-letters) · Pramāṇa