March 1691
In the blink of an eye, nearly a year has passed.
A lot of changes took place in the empire. The Pragathi engine continued to seep into every aspect of society; new machines, new inventions, and new tools continued to appear like bamboo shoots after rain.
Across the six and a half million square kilometres of the Bharatiya Empire, nearly every factory now uses Pragathi engine-powered pumps, conveyor belts, mixers, and other auxiliary machines. These were previously either driven directly by the Kesari Engine, which wasted a great deal of energy, or operated manually, which caused the usual inefficiencies of human labour. The shift to Pragathi engines has greatly improved the overall efficiency of the factories.
