Jandial

Jandial near the city of Taxila in Pakistan is the site of an ancient temple well known for its Ionic columns [1]. The temple is located 630 meters north of the northern gate of Sirkap [1]. The Temple was excavated in 1912–1913 by the Archaeological Survey of India under John Marshall [1]. It has been called the most Hellenic structure yet found on Pakistani soil [1]. Two Ionic columns at the front are framed by two anta walls as in a Greek distyle in antis layout [1]. The dimensions of the Temple were around 45 x 30 meters [1]. The Ionic capitals of the Jandial temple seem to be a rather provincial and dry version of the Ionic Temple of Artemis in Ephesus [1].