New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- When Prime Minister Narendra Modi put the spotlight on BharatRajya website (www.bharatrajya.com) during the 137th edition of his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday morning, he brought national attention to an extraordinary effort to make India's history accessible.

However, behind the interactive historical atlas, through which users can drag a timeline slider across eight centuries to see who ruled every district in India, lies the story of a self-described "below average dude" whose 15-year-old dream was brought to life not by coding expertise, but by generative Artificial Intelligence.

Krishna Seshadri, a Mumbai resident, had long harboured a frustration with how history is taught in India.

"Teach...