There are accounts of a kingdom potentially quite powerful in Bengal named the Ganga Hriday. You also might remember, in our videos on Alexander the Great, that it was around this time, around 326, that Alexander came and conquered much of modern day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and was at the borders of the Nanda Empire in India. And you might also remember that that was about the time that Alexander the Great and his soldiers decided to stop. They were tired. Some accounts are that they were fearful of trying to conquer another empire, especially that far from home. So it was also around the time that Alexander the Great decided to turn back and leave the region under the control of some of his governors and generals. And it was in that context that the Maurya Empire emerges.