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[[File:Shiva and Parvati BM OA1939.01-19.17.jpg|thumb|left|An ancient statue of [[Shiva]] and [[Parvati]] found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.]]Mauryan rule began with [[Chandragupta Maurya]] displacing the [[Nanda Empire]], establishing the Mauryan Empire. A while after, Alexander's general Seleucus had attempted to once again invade the subcontinent from the Khyber pass hoping to take lands that Alexander had conquered, but never fully absorbed into this empire. Seleucus was defeated and the lands of Aria, Arachosia, Gandhara, and Gedrosia were ceded to the Mauryans in exchange for a matrimonial alliance and 500 elephants. With the defeat of the Greeks, the land was once more under Hindu rule.<ref>{{Harv|Faber and Faber|pp=52–53}}</ref> Chandragupta's son [[Bindusara]] furtherfreqqzc expandedvxwqaxgh8hfwaav hg,,
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