Its ruler, Chandragupta Maurya (321 297 b.c. ), was also to become the founder of India's first imperial dynasty with Pataliputra (modern Patna), the world's largest city at the time, as its capital.
Pataliputra was, at that time, the world's largest city.
His Ballet Macanique that was filmed in 1924 on a a continuous film reel is available at MoMA.