Ancient India

1. India’s first civilization, located along the Indus River, also a large city in this civilization.
4. third caste in India, merchants, traders, and farmers
7. Gautama a prince who discovered enlightenment and became known as the Buddha or the “Enlightened One
11. a major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas
12. Mauryan king who became a buddhist and spread buddhism throughout his empire.
16. a wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons
18. Mountains that form the northern border of India
19. fourth caste in India, artisans, laborers and servants
20. achieved when one is released from the cycle of rebirth
21. System a social order that has determined one’s place in Indian society
23. nonviolence and respect for all living things
24. a large part of a continent that is separated from the rest by a natural barrier

2. the rebirth of one’s soul
3. second caste in India; soldiers and government officials
5. each of the four Hindu castes
6. a religion centered around the teachings of the Buddha
8. river on which the first civilization was created in India
9. a state of peace that is free from suffering and desire
10. the effect a person’s actions have on their soul
13. Top caste in India, priests, advisors and intellectuals
14. a collection of religious poems, myths, and hymns that influenced Hinduism
15. one’s spiritual duties
17. ancient Indo-Aryan language that is the sacred language of Hinduism.
20. focusing one’s mind on spiritual ideas key feature of Buddhism
22. a group from Central Asia who supposedly moved into India and established Vedic society