Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology

England

19th June 1657

"O almighty God, this is the Holy Grail!" Robert Boyle and John Wallis exclaimed after reading about many new concepts in the Indian mathematical and scientific books.

John Wallis, although excited, felt somewhat disappointed because the calculus he thought he had developed had already been mentioned in these books— not everything, but a vast majority of it, However, he was excited again, he had more things to explore.

Somewhere in Lincolnshire, at The King’s School:

A young teenager, around the age of 15, was fascinated by a book in front of him. He was sitting under an apple tree, but even if an apple fell on his head, it did not catch his attention.

This boy was none other than Isaac Newton, the inventor of modern science. He was currently Reading Volume Two of Bhaskaracharya’s Astronomy.

"Chapter on Spears," the boy muttered.

Then, with further reading, he came across a hypothesis: "Objects fall to the earth due to a force of attraction by the earth. Therefore, the earth, the planets, constellations, the moon, and the sun are held in orbit due to this attraction." Newton’s eyes lit up as he felt that this hypothesis was very close to the truth.

"Gravity—what an amazing concept and force. Maybe I can formulate it," he thought excitedly. He went over to the library to borrow more books of Indian origin. He was fascinated by many of the Indian books so far; unfortunately, he could not look through their theology, which Newton thought was a foolish thing to do.

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France

Blaise Pascal was mesmerized by the concepts he found in Aryabhatta’s *Astronomy* and *Geometry*. He felt that the concepts of geometry Aryabhatta proposed could be implemented as foundational tools in his own study of triangles. He was only disappointed that the knowledge of chemistry, which he was most interested in, was not available in the Indian books he came across.

"Was it because there are no books, or is it because the merchants did not buy such books? I should look into it," he thought.

René Descartes, who got his hands on some of the philosophy books that passed through the strict audit, was very impressed with some of the philosophical concepts of the Jain and Hindu monks. He found that his most perfect book, *Meditation on First Philosophy*, which he released in 1641, might have some flaws after reading the books imported from India.

In his book, he quoted *Cogito, ergo sum* ("I think, therefore I am"), but according to this Hindu scripture of a multiverse theory, what if we are but a simulation? In that case, am I still me? Such doubts filled his mind, but he was not disheartened; on the contrary, he was very happy. His mind, which had become rigid, finally had some inspiration.

Also, in reading some of the other mathematical and science books, he came to understand that his ideas in analytical geometry had been proposed before him. His ideas in the Cartesian coordinate system were being reinforced by foundational concepts in Bharatiya mathematics. Not only that, his mechanistic view of the universe had many foundational concepts taken from Bharatiya science.

His laws of refraction were mentioned vaguely in a book by a person known as Pillai, but it was not detailed. He was still superior in the field of optics but was impressed by Pillai, who proposed a novel concept such as focal length.

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In such a way, European scientists had greatly embraced the books of the Bharatiya Empire. However, the leaders of European countries wore serious expressions on their faces. If the Eastern country merely preached about God and claimed that God was everything, they would naturally not be too concerned.

But if they played the same game of logic as they did and excelled at it, there was reason to be worried.

For this reason, some merchants, with the permission of interested parties, tried to alter the translations of the books. Unfortunately, they discovered that the books had only one source, which came pre-translated, and no other source in the world could produce these books. This was naturally the work of Vijay.

To prevent any room for foreign interpretation, Vijay personally had all the books translated into multiple European languages and sold them directly. Additionally, he did not ship the improved Gutenberg printing press to the Portuguese until an additional condition was reached.

Given that he had already made efforts to separate the divine from science, Europeans found the Bharatiya Empire’s books much more acceptable compared to the original transcripts of ancient Vedic scholars, which contained a large number of divine explanations for their findings.

Funnily enough, the books of the Bharatiya Empire were in short supply in every country. Fortunately, the improved Gutenberg printing press, which was shipped after reaching the deal, allowed the Portuguese, who had practised the assembly line production model, to emulate and put the improved version into production.

Vijay knew that the printing press would eventually be copied, but he sold it anyway under certain conditions. He did so because if he did not sell the press, he was sure that Europeans would stop buying books from the Bharatiya Empire and would start pirating them. This would lead to greater losses, considering the long-term interests of the nation’s image in Europe.

Most importantly, Vijay knew that even if he did not ship the Gutenberg press, the Portuguese would eventually improve the press themselves, likely within a year or two.

By then, Vijay would face much greater challenges in spreading his ideology covertly in Europe. At least now, by the time Europeans realized his intentions, the books of his nation would have already spread throughout Europe, and a fixed image of Bharat as a civilized society would have formed in their minds.

Even after all this just because Vijay was willing to sell the printing press, it did not mean he was willing to let the technology become public. He strictly imposed his conditions on the Portuguese ambassador, Pedro Santos, to ensure that all books of the Bharatiya Empire remained unaltered.

If this condition was breached, Vijay promised that trade between the Portuguese and the Bharatiya Empire would cease to be on a close-customer basis.

Pedro Santos was immediately shocked by the seriousness of the matter and quickly sent a letter to His Majesty the King explaining the matter.

Vijay knew that even with this deal, the authenticity of his nation’s books would not last long. However, he was only buying enough time for his empire to grow strong enough to make every country accept his will and standards.

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June 25th

Orders from the Europeans have started to pick up. All major ports in the empire have become busy. The Ministry of Standards, which was nothing more than a shell organization a month ago, has now become a legitimate organization that conducts quality assessments on each and every batch of export products.

Amit Shah took his responsibility seriously and managed his subordinates like a capable leader. He was able to quickly mass-produce the seals and stamps that will be used on all export products from now on.

To inform the Europeans of this new change, he held a conference in the special economic zone of Thiruvananthapuram.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining me this wonderful morning."

The Europeans looked at the man whom they had never seen before.

The translators simultaneously translated whatever the man said. One thing to note is that Bharat no longer has to provide translators for these merchants. As merchants’ interest in Bharat’s goods increased, they voluntarily employed Bharatiya translators who were proficient in their languages. Some merchants, determined enough, even set themselves on the path of learning the Bharati language.

For this reason, although Bharati is still not widely spoken among the merchants, they can now understand some frequently used words.

"I am called Amit Shah, Minister of the Ministry of Standards."

The European merchants were immediately confused, as they had not heard of this new ministry before.

Seeing the atmosphere grow rowdy, Amit Shah raised his hand and gestured for everyone to calm down.

"My ministry is responsible for the quality of the products you, my dear guests of the nation, buy."

The people were even more confused.

"What does he mean? Will he check the quality of each and every product we buy?"

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Amit Shah gestured for them to calm down again. After his frequent speeches to multiple industrial sectors in the empire, he was now very experienced in conducting these meetings and public speeches and seemed to have a good handle on it.

"Please, my dear friends, listen to my words fully. As you all know, Bharat emphasizes the quality of our goods. You may notice this in how we promise the quality of our goods when we sell them to you. However, the government cannot always keep tabs on each and every manufacturer like we are doing currently."

"For this reason, my ministry was established—the Ministry of Standards—which will be solely responsible for maintaining standards throughout the empire."

"As for the quality of products, we have implemented a system called the Random Quality Assessment System, where each set of goods intended for export will be randomly assessed by our ministry before shipment.

Additionally, before the product leaves the factory, a preliminary quality assessment of the manufacturing conditions, raw materials used, manufacturing processes, and other elements that affect quality will be conducted. Once the assessment is passed, we will grant the product a certification with this symbol."

Amit Shah promptly had his subordinates bring out a large banner showing the BSO symbol.

"This symbol stands for Bharatiya Standards Organization, and from now on, if you see this symbol on any product, it means that the product is quality-assured by the Ministry of Standards and the Bharatiya Standards Organization. This further means that you can confidently buy the product without fearing that it might be faulty or defective."

"Most of all, we do not charge you anything for this service. We could never do such a thing. Also, my dear guests, each and every product you buy from our empire will now carry the statement ’Made in Bharat.’"

The symbol of the colourful lion was immediately displayed.

"So even if you purchase from a second-hand dealer, if this statement ’Made in Bharat’ is not etched onto the product, then the product is not made in Bharat, and we are not responsible for your losses."

Amit Shah further explained the different series in quality assessment and showed each sample product.

The merchants, realizing that this was beneficial to them, promptly started sketching rough visuals of the symbols to avoid being fooled any further.

With quality problems resolved, the European merchants who bought back the products gave rave reviews. The rate of returns had decreased significantly, and trade with Europe had surged by 10% in the two weeks following the launch of the BSO and Made in Bharat symbols.

Vijay was very happy; his future plans could now be implemented with the flow of money.

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