Study of the cultural, artistic and historical relations between Iran and India in the Achaemenid period

A long time ago when the tribes of indo- iranian were still as one and inhabited on the vast plains of the central asia, one ruler was both the leader and priest of the tribe. one of the most reasonable evidences proving the relationship between iran and india is the mythical signs. the oldest asian myths, which belong to the indians, mostly signify the culture of the aryans who immigrated to india in about 2nd millennium b.c. even before penetrating of the aryans into the iranian plateau, people of india and iran have had relations throughout history. the archaeological finds of india are similar to those found at the iranian plateau and mesopotamia. after the immigration, aryans divided into empires of median and persian. by defeating bactria, cyrus got close to india for the first time; and in 517 b.c darius gained control over the north west of india. however, the achaemenid remains including designs and inscriptions of the persepolis reveal the expansion of persian empire into the west of india and indicate that some parts of the western india were tributaries of the central empire of iran. the new satrap or hindus of the achaemenid inscriptions encompassing to the southern parts of sind waterway and the modern territories of pakistan was the eastern border of the achaemenid empire. after reducing india, large amount of gold dust was paid to persia. the historical events, trade and religious beliefs incited india to be impressed by iranian art specially the art of achaemenid, parthian, sassanid and islamic period of iran