[Antoninus]

It's really difficult to imagine Indian people of any kind NOT dancing in a religious context.

Sorry, but that kind of speculation doesn't hold any water with me. I need to see some primary source evidence. It's like saying: "I can't see the French of 2,000 years ago not drinking champaign and smoking cigarettes."

[muawiyah]

It's not like India is a small country with an unknown history. Currently there are 1.2 billion references to India on Google.com. 48.1 million of them have to do with India and dance.

It's a big thing there now. The very first link is to a discussion of dance in ancient India.

You are welcome to educate yourself in what I already know ~ to wit, Indian people dance a lot.