And it was in that context that the Maurya Empire emerges. And the actual events of how it emerges are still shrouded in history a little bit. But what eventually happens is a conqueror by the name of Chandragupta Maurya is able to conquer the Nanda Empire, and then not just the Nanda Empire, but as Alexander the Great retreats, he's able to conquer some of the territory formerly conquered by Alexander the Great. And so this here is a statue of what Chandragupta Maurya may have looked like. And you can see by within a decade of establishing the empire, it had conquered most of the Nanda Empire and had even reclaimed a significant amount of land from the Greeks, from what would eventually become the Seleucid Empire. Remember, Seleucus was one of Alexander's generals who essentially sets up a dynasty in Persia, the Middle East, after the death of Alexander. And Chandragupta Maurya actually fights several battles with Seleucus and is victorious.