Sharma, who wrote a biography of Jai Singh, the Jesuits along with Catholic laymen were prohibited under threat of the Inquisition to accept the view held by Galileo and other scientists that the earth revolved around the sun.
Šārma, jezuītiem tāpat kā pārējiem katoļiem, piedraudot ar inkvizīciju, bija aizliegts atbalstīt Galileja un citu zinātnieku popularizēto uzskatu, ka Zeme griežas ap Sauli.