And in particular, we see here the life of Buddha, and the actual dates of Buddha's life are under some debate, but we can see that his life and his teachings were roughly 150 to 200 years before the establishment of the Maurya Empire, which lasts for another 150 or so years. And this is important to keep in mind, because as we'll see, Buddhism has a strong influence on the Maurya Empire, and maybe just as important, the Maurya Empire has a very large influence on spreading Buddhism in a very significant way. So let's zoom in on what the Indian subcontinent looked like near the end of the fourth century BCE. So in most of North India, you have control by the Nanda Empire, which had its capital at the city Pataliputra, which was in the region or the kingdom of Magadha, which is this ancient region that has been the seed of power in North India for some time. You also have other kingdoms, like Kalinga. You have several kingdoms in South India as well. There are accounts of a kingdom potentially quite powerful in Bengal named the Ganga Hriday.