Given the statement 'To control land and sea routes to the south, the Mauryas still needed to conquer the eastern kingdom of Kalinga (modern Orissa).', is 'The Maruyas had control over important sea routes.' neither a logical follow-up nor a contradiction?
To control land and sea routes to the south, the Mauryas still needed to conquer the eastern kingdom of Kalinga (modern Orissa).###The Maruyas had control over important sea routes.