Ancient India

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Across
  1. 2. Collections of hymns, songs, prayers, and rituals honoring the various gods of the Aryans.
  2. 4. is the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
  3. 9. A large landmass that is smaller than a continent
  4. 10. Empire this empire possessed 600,000 soldiers and used elephants in battle
  5. 11. Hindu belief, a person's soul
Down
  1. 1. He rejected the caste system
  2. 3. Major winds in the Indian Ocean that blew into India for half the year, and blew away from India for the other half. Helped facilitate trade in the Indian Ocean.
  3. 5. grandson of Chandragupta; most honored emperor for his commitment to spreading peace and prosperity to all; was Buddhist but accepted other religions; sent Buddhist missionaries all over China.`
  4. 6. the science of working with metals
  5. 7. Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease
  6. 8. Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding. Both Hinduism and Buddhism believed this was necessary for enlightenment.