Going back to their roots; Terry Grimley meets two Birmingham-based stars of South Asian dance who are collaborating in a new production.

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: March 4, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Now a ruin near Islamabad, Taxila was once the very model of a multicultural city, straddling trade routes linking India with Persia and Greece.

Buddha lived there, Alexander the Great conquered it, and there is a strong tradition that Christ came to preach. Its university was one of the most celebrated in the ancient world, teaching more than 60 distinct artistic and scientific disciplines between the 7th century BC and the middle of the 3rd century AD. Flattened three times by earthquakes, it was finally destroyed by the Huns in the 5th century.

Now Taxila is the ...

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