The article, on a historical and comparative basis, examines the novel “Avlodlar Dovoni” by the famous Uzbek writer Pirimkul Kadyrov with Indian epics – “Mahabharata”, “Ramayana”. It is shown that there is a certain degree of similarity between the main characters of these works. On this basis, certain generalizations have been made about the connections between the epic and the novel. On this basis, certain generalizations have been made about the connections between the epic and the novel. On the agenda of world literary studies is the issue of a deep and comprehensive study of the history of fiction based on advanced methods and achievements of modern development, the evolution of social, cultural, scientific thought, the need to study literary and poetic features mature artistic creations that left a bright mark in the world of verbal art.