Ishaan Bhaskar [extra Quality] -

The secret was this: in 1857, a group of Indian astronomers and rebels had hidden something. Not gold, not jewels, but a map. A map that didn't chart land or sea, but time itself. They called it the Kāla Yantra —the Time Instrument. The British had hunted for it, tortured for it, and eventually declared it a myth. But Ishaan had found a reference in a forgotten ledger at the National Archives, tucked between a shipping manifest and a dead clerk's diary.

Ishaan touched the box. It sprang open. Inside was not a key, not a jewel, but a single black feather. Peacock feather. The shadow of the Peacock Throne. ishaan bhaskar

The drive from Delhi to Jaipur took five hours, but Ishaan made it in four. The highway was a ribbon of black asphalt under a bruised dawn sky, and he drove with one hand on the wheel and one hand on the silver box. It felt warm. It should not have felt warm. The secret was this: in 1857, a group