<Li> c. 1200--c. 800 BC Gandhari people mentioned in Rigveda and Atharvaveda . </Li> <Li> c. 520--c. 326 BC Persian Empire . Under direct Persian control and / or local control under Achaemenid suzerainty . </Li> <Li> c. 326--c. 305 BC Occupied by Alexander the Great and Macedonian generals </Li> <Li> c. 305--c. 180 BC Controlled by the Maurya dynasty, founded by Chandragupta . Converted to Buddhism under King Ashoka (273--232 BC) </Li>

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