<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Sogdian</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31366483</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:38:50</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">K&apos;ang-chu</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Kankju</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Soghdian</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A culture and style of pre-Muslim Central Asia, named after, but not restricted to the area of Sogdiana. Noted visual arts were created 5th/ 9th centuries. Many cultural streams united in the area of Sogdiana, including Sāsānian culture, post-Gupta India, and Sui and T’ang Chinese. Style is characterized in painting and carved wood. ]]></dc:description></metadata>