... the habit of luring human beings to prey on them. One legend refers to ogresses who lured seafarers by their enchanting forms and art, and kept those victims in luxury for a while before devouring them. One may suspect that these tales were invented by the pioneers ... up a powerful military force and organized an efficient administrative system by the close of the fourth century B.C. Alexander left for western Asia, the Indian provinces of the Persian Empire, including territories further to the west, were incorporated into the empire of Candragupta, the founder of the Maurya dynasty ....

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