Ancient India
Across
- 2. This flows across most of northern India
- 6. known for true happiness and peace
- 7. They travel to certain sites to purify their souls
- 9. The collection of sacred texts written in Sanskrit
- 12. The longest mountain range in India
- 14. This means "The awakened one"
- 16. is a subcontinent of Asia
- 18. This holiday means "Row of lamps" which represents good winning over evil.
- 19. These people deny any offerings and often reject food
- 21. This thing is seen as a law of cause and effect
- 23. One of Ashoka's edicts portray being respectful and acting morally
- 25. The water here is precious, and monsoons are very brief but strong
- 26. This person is ever-present and all-powerful
- 28. These were ancient Hindu society's priests and religious scholars.
- 29. The first name of the prince that found enlightenment
Down
- 1. This is a triangle-shaped area that lies between two mountain ranges in southern India
- 3. This ends when the a soul escapes the cycle of rebirth
- 4. This means a fortress
- 5. Many Hindu children have learned about their religion by listening to readings of this thing.
- 8. One of the many settlements in the Indus River valley
- 10. A group of people that does a job that they were born into
- 11. This represents the various aspects of the Brahman, or the Absolute
- 13. This artifact shows many various animals and usually has a small loop on the back, and perhaps people wore them
- 15. The first empire to unify India
- 17. The freedom from the cycle of rebirth
- 18. This thing is often described as a duty
- 20. The name of the river that is the best to settle near
- 22. This religion is based on the teachings of Buddha and was a way of life based on simple teachings
- 24. describes four main social classes
- 26. The name of the tree Siddhartha meditated under
- 27. His reign started violent, but later he decided to spread Buddhism across the globe