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    Vijay got up refreshed this morning after a day of rest, but he was doubtful about why the news about the cave discovery within the empire had not been heard. Doubtful, he summoned Ravichandra and asked, "Uncle Ravi, did the construction of Highway 75 not begin?"


    "It did, Your Majesty. It''s just that it has been dyed because apparently, they found a huge rockyer just a few feet below the ground in the nned route, hampering their progress. It is said that they will take a detour and rejoin the nned road again."


    Vijay''s heart turned cold because the whole point of him choosing the cave was that a highway was about to be constructed, and there was a high chance that someone would discover it. But now, if the highway is detoured even a little from where it is nned, it is practically impossible, especially to discover the cave in a dense forest. Vijay had to do something; he did not want to find prisoners again. But to be safe, he asked, "Where did the deviation take ce, and where did the road realign again?"


    Ravichandra Rao did not understand why his majesty was asking these questions, but he still replied, "Your Majesty, the road deviated 5 km from the Lokesh Palya town, and it got realigned just before the Bandipur forest."


    Vijay let out a sigh of relief as he did not have to change anything; the Bandipur forest was where the cave was located.


    The day passed in a blink of an eye.


    Bandipur Forest.


    The construction group finally reached near the cave. It was a gravel road that was beingid down, but as the road passed through the forest, it was more difficult to clear out the trees and the flora in the way. Naga Verma, a middle-aged man, was the team construction leader. If we take a God''s eye view of the ce they are working on, a burnt patch of forest is visible just a few feet beside the construction site. Unfortunately, from Naga Verma''s perspective, trees blocked his vision. Just when Vijay''s n was about to be foiled, nature decided to help out as it started to downpour. Naga Verma''s son, Partha Verma, who ran out first, stumbled onto the burnt patch ofnd in the forest.


    "Father!"


    Naga Verma was startled by his son''s panicked call. He moved quickly to the ce where his son''s voice came from, alert and fearful, thinking something had happened to him. When he found his son, he was shocked to discover a burnt patch ofnd in the middle of the forest. ck soot covered the ground like a darkke in the midst of greenery. By the looks of it, it had not been many days since the fire had been lit, as small grass shoots could just be seening out of the ground. Soon, the construction team also joined in, equally surprised.


    "Father, that looks like a cave. Let''s go and stay till the rain stops."


    Everyone''s attention was caught by Partha as they looked in the direction he was pointing. Naga Verma, under normal circumstances, would not have considered entering an unknown cave. However, the current situation is different. With a lot of people along with him and the added factor of the downpour, he decided to take a look.


    When they reached the entrance of the cave, they felt a foul smell, and Partha even sneezed a few times. Looking inside, Naga Verma was surprised to find the burnt corpse of a tiger. It was charred and had already dposed over the past few days. This discovery relieved the group, as they no longer had to fear encountering a wild animal. It also became clear why there was a fire in this part of the forest.


    It seemed that a hunter had identally stumbled upon a tiger''s cave. To ensure safety, the hunter might have lit the fire. Additionally, when moving the dead body of the tiger, it could be seen that the tiger was injured in its leg, probably the reason why it did not escape the mes.


    The downpour continued heavily. The group dug a little bit and buried the tiger. As they went inside the cave, they were surprised to find some sort of ancient writings chiselled into the cave walls. The ck ink marks were faintly visible, and Naga Verma couldn''t determine how long ago they were made due to the fire. The chiselling was done using an old and ancient technique that no one used in the current era. However, what puzzled Naga Verma the most was thenguage; it was something he had never seen before.


    But among the group, there was a Muslim named Fayaz Ali Khan who suddenly recognized thenguage and knelt down, screaming, "Ah!"


    "The word of Ah," the man said.


    Fayaz Ali Khan is a pseudo-Muslim who believes in both Ah and Ishwar. He is a first-generation convert who was forcefully converted in the Mughal Empire because he couldn''t afford to pay the tax officers. Fortunately, as the new territory was conquered, he became a citizen of the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire.


    Fayaz Ali didn''t understand the old Holy book Arabic, but he still recognized that this was a text simr to the holy book.


    Father and son, Naga Verma and Partha Verma looked at each other in nk dismay. They didn''t know what to do. However, looking around the cave, they found a tomb. Naga Verma felt hesitant about whether he should open it, fearing potential curses. But Partha, without such worries, ran forward without a care in the world and opened the tomb. It was made of some sort of rock, which is why it was not burnt. Before Naga Verma could stop his son, Partha opened the tomb with some difficulty; But inside the tomb, he saw that there was only a copper te inscription book. He was disappointed, but the world of Im took a different turn that day.


    As the rain stopped, the news about the discovery of the Holy Book of Im spread throughout the surrounding areas. Vijay, upon receiving the news, was very pleased, although he did not show it. He immediately sent a toon to guard the cave.


    Muslims from all over the surroundings came to visit the cave, hoping to obtain the book that the almighty God, Mohammad, had written. However, when they discovered the content of the book, they were shocked, as it waspletely different from what they had read before. They didn''t know which version to believe, and Vijay pretended to be ignorant.


    "Uncle Ravi, don''t you think this version of the Holy Book of Im is better for us? This version makes it easier for Muslims to get along," suggested Vijay.


    "You may be right, Your Majesty."


    "Alright, I have decided. Print this new version of the Holy Book of Im in bulk as soon as possible. I want the Holy Book of Im to be reced in all the masjids immediately."


    "As you order, Your Majesty."


    "But, Your Majesty, will the people ept it?"


    "Don''t worry, I have my own way."


    Ravichandra nodded and left. Vijay then recruited about 10 people who were raised in the royal family, asking them to read the new version of the Holy Book of Im. After gaining sufficient understanding, Vijay encouraged them to embrace Dharmic Im as their faith and be imams of the new Imic ideology. All of them readily agreed with the order of his majesty, the emperor, and their master. Some of them also found the new version of the book intriguing. Vijay then instructed them to mingle among the Muslims in the empire, gaining poprity by preaching this new Imic narrative. Later, Vijay would help them reach top positions in the religious hierarchy to ensure the fostering of the Dharmic Im narrative.


    People from all the surrounding areas flocked to the cave to touch the book that the almighty Prophet Mohammed had written; rumours also started to circte with the help of a certain someone. As Muslims heard about the new story, some felt enlightened, while others were doubtful. Doubts about the book being a ploy by someone began to circte among the Muslimmunity in the empire. Undeterred, Vijay reced the Holy Book of Im in all the masjids. The people who embraced the new Dharmic Im ideology were appointed as imams in the masjids. Shallow believers of Im, who had converted due to heavy taxes and pressure from the Mughal Empire, found sce in the new Imic ideology. This version of Im did not prevent them from going to temples or force them to convert their rtives and neighbours with whom they had grown up.


    So, new missionaries were formed with covert help from the government to quickly convert the old Muslims to new Muslims. The dress code was also different from the old Muslims; the Dharmic Muslims wore a saffron Taqiyah with a white overall. But the old Muslims who were sceptical did not believe in the new Holy Book of Im or even that Muhammad wrote it; so the story of Muhammad''s disciple was analyzed again and again, unfortunately finding no fault. At times, fights also broke out between the two distinct camps, leading to an all-out civil war within themunity.


    Vijay also pushed this issue to the government and let them not care about this, but secretly, Vijay sent in his people to lessen the number of the old Muslims in the empire. As a result of frequent shes between the old Muslims and the Dharmic Muslims, thousands of casualties urred. The 10 people Vijay selected were also showing signs of leadership as they showcased their superior intelligence and decision-making capabilitiespared to others. With ideas and inspiration stemming from the past Earth''s timeline, they were able to defeat anyone in a religious argument from the old Muslim side when it came to debates, which happened asionally when there was no war.


    From start to finish, Vijay acted like all of this had nothing to do with him, but in reality, he yed a role from the very beginning.


    This adjustment of Im went on for almost two months since the cave was discovered. When the majority of Muslims in the Empire became dharmic, Vijay also happily gave their masjids back to their control on the condition that the mosque would only be allowed for the dharmic Muslims. Also, he happily announced, "Just as evil can never seed against justice, the false believers of Mohammad can never spheme his name for their greed and evil ambition to rule the world. I now hereby announce that I will fund 10rge masjids for the Real Imic believers, the real Muslims."


    The people were very happy. The lives of the Dharmic Muslims became easier as they did not have to worry about when someone would question them about their beliefs in this Hindu-majority Empire. Now that their beliefs were not antagonistic at their core but somewhat simr, they did not have to maintain an antagonistic rtionship with the brothers and sisters of the Empire. People also started to get close to them as they found out that these new Muslims who wore saffron hats were much more amicable than the previous Muslims.


    Just as Vijay suspected, in the future, during the prized state of the world in the 19th century (technology improved because of Vijay) of this timeline, attempts were made to prove that Dharmic Im was false. It was alleged to be a ruse used by the Great Indian Emperor to damage and wipe out Im from hisnd. Carbon dating was employed for the first time on the copper inscription. Surprisingly, the inscription seemed to be made at least seven centuries before Vijay was born. When this information was revealed, the world was shocked because the inscription was found to be even older than what they had believed, turning out to be older than the birth of Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad, which strengthened the Dharmic view that Im and Christianity were tampered with.


    While there were still some arguments that the Indian Emperor could have nted the inscriptions, there was no definitive evidence. There was not even a single talk about the reform of Im in Vijay''s rule. There was also a vast majority of Dharmic Muslim believers and their Hindu supporters who did not ept the Abrahamic ideology of Im, so finally, the case was overthrown.


    However, it waster picked up thousands of years into the future. At this time, Vijay did get caught, but no one cared. The need for a divine being had long passed the human need. In conclusion, Vijay was credited with the reform of Im, which avoided a lot of bloodshed in the Southern hemisphere of the world.