A HILL dismissed more than a century ago as an unremarkable heap of ruins has yielded one of Taxila’s most intriguing archaeological finds. Excavations at Jandial, led by Italian archaeologists, have exposed a structure nearly 100m long and more than 50m wide. It is located on an ancient road from Jandial’s Greek-style Ionic temple, outside the walls of the ancient city of Sirkap. Was it a place of worship, a public building or part of a larger complex? No one yet knows. That uncertainty is precisely what........

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