India: The Ashram Weaver

After being murdered in modern Kolkata, electronics professor Rakesh Naskar awakens in Mahāvasudha an alt-1800s India 1000× larger than our world, never colonized, ruled by Twenty Empires and countless kingdoms. Born to two teachers in a tiny riverside ashram in Bangla, Rakesh regains his past life's memory two days before the sacred Path-Choosing. Here, power is climbed through Sequences (20 → 0), each with ten steps and perilous breakthroughs that demand rare materials and iron will.

Refusing orthodoxy, Rakesh forges a new creator-Path: Sūtradhāra weaving information, light, and order into living circuits, mandala-arrays, and resonance codes. As rival sects, marsh raiders, and imperial courts covet his innovations, the ashram becomes a fulcrum in the struggle between tradition and invention. From mangrove deltas and lighthouse coasts to desert banners and sky-fold monasteries, Rakesh must scale the Sequences, protect his people, and prove that a path no one dares to attempt can re-stitch the fate of Bharatavarsha.