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Chapter Twelve
The threads of history weave strange patterns in the
web of time. Mysterious and complex as the tapestry sometimes
appears, the finished product invariably is a work of art.
Often, one cannot see the entire picture from the limited perspective
of a small portion of a lifetime. It’s by expanding the
mind and trusting the universal flow that it’s possible to make
sense of what may be considered nonsense or “none sense.”
It was sometime in the late sixteenth or early seventeenth
century. Far across the seas in the ancient land of
Bharat, which today is known as India, mighty forces were at
work. Somewhere in the north central part of that land, in an
area inhabited by the descendants of fierce Rajput warriors,
the Maharajah Jai Singh the Second had already made tremendous
scientific advancements in the pink and lavender city
of Jaipur.
A young boy, about the age of ten, served at the court
of the powerful Jai Singh. This boy’s name, taken from an-
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