Ancient Hindus had good contacts with the people of the Middle Eastern countries and beyond even 3000 years ago. The Vedic references to several places in the Middle East and the origin of Zoroastrian religion of Iran are well researched by a number of scholars. Vedic Sanskrit names and words found in the Sumerian civilization and Persian civilization raised many questions. About 150 years ago Western scholars advocated the theory of Civilization's Eastward March Now the scholars have reversed it and it was a westward march.