Ancient India

4. the belief that that one’s rebirth in a next life is determined by one’s actions in this life
7. the merchant class
10. the idea that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death
11. the individual soul
12. Another new faith founded by a contemporary of Siddhartha
15. the great bulk of the Indian population
18. a new doctrine that appeared in northern India that would eventually begin to rival the popularity of Brahmanical beliefs
19. a set of laws that set behavioral standards for all individuals and classes in Indian society.
21. a term referring to a ceremony at puberty whereby young males were initiated into adulthood and introduced into Indian society
22. The language of the Vedas
24. Aryan religious beliefs

1. The priestly class
2. Indian social classes
3. teacher
4. a member of the warrior class
5. Aryan kings
6. a slave class consisting of prisoners of war, criminals, ethnic minorities, and other groups considered outside Indian society
8. Siddhartha's vision of metaphysical reality
9. a particular class as individuals but as part of a larger kin group
13. a term for the supreme god
14. four noble truths that lead to enlightenment
16. Buddhist wisdom
17. a ritual which was a symbol of women's subjection to men
20. Aryan chieftains
23. a simpler language derived from Sanskrit
25. stone towers intended to house relics of the Buddha