25th December 1687
The cars were placed in containers and shipped to buyers all over the empire. They soon began to appear on the roads, catching the attention of everyone around them. They became attention magnets, making people unable to resist glueing their eyes to the sight of a car moving with the power of steam. It looked magical, almost unreal.
Generally, Bharatiyas had developed a strong resistance to being surprised by drastic changes. Only three decades ago, they had been living in a situation that could only be described as a dump, a lawless and fragmented dump. But now, they lived in a nation where they could travel to any part of the vast empire without trouble, contact someone thousands of kilometres away for just a few hundred Varaha, and visit holy temples they had once only dreamed of seeing every few years as casually as they used to visit their local towns. Transportation had advanced so much that all kinds of conveniences were now just a short walk away.
