Complex sentence: Ancient Panjekent was a small but flourishing town of the Soghdians, in pre-Islamic Central Asia and served as the capital of Panch and was known as Panchekanth.
Split into simpler sentences: Ancient Panjekent was a small but flourishing town of the Soghdians in pre-Islamic Central Asia. It served as the capital of Panch and was known as Panchekanth.