THE ROLE OF WRITTEN SOURCES IN THE STUDY OF CENTRAL ASIAN ETHNOCULTURE

Abstract

The spiritual nature of the Uzbek people, based on the principles of national ideology, is being developed on the basis of the ancient Zoroastrian doctrine. The ideas put forward in the sacred book of this doctrine “Avesta” are, in fact, the content and principles of the first stage of our national idea. The book «Avesta” provides information about material & spiritual life of Central Asian peoples in ancient times, their religious views, ideas about the first world and its place in it, its traditions. The main content of the book is also the dreams, goals and spirations of our ancient ancestors.