Taxila Station, site of the first Massacres in 1947
Taxila: Diverse populations have always crossed paths in the East and West. Pakistan is one of the main crossroads in these East-West exchanges.
On the way to Taxila museum, a left turn reveals an old colonial building with a shed and a police picket indicating a Taxila railway station. The picket door has an iron plate engraved with the name 'Taxila Cantt Junction' on the top.
During the Persian Achaemenid Empire of Darius I (522-486 BC), both the Gandhara region and the Indian subcontinent forged links with the West. A network of interconnected commercial, trading relationships among various regions had not yet been established.
These interactions have become more efficient and frequent over time. Alexander of Macedonia led expeditions towards the east during this time, w...