Ancient India Accomplishments

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Across
  1. 2. to get to the bottom of a stepwell you must descend a ____
  2. 3. another word for scientist who specializes in metal
  3. 6. another word for a number or symbol
  4. 8. the steel was being produced at almost what scale
  5. 10. the type of metal used for weapons like the Damascus sword
  6. 12. a lot of religious art was carved from/in ____
  7. 14. the steel from ancient India was exported in the form of these
  8. 15. an important writer from the Gupta period
  9. 17. Indians called negative numbers ____
  10. 20. consists of many battles
  11. 21. ancient surgeon and author of a Sanskrit text detailing surgical procedures
  12. 22. ____ was thrown into stepwells in some areas after they fell into disuse
Down
  1. 1. the country that occupied India and found stepwells unsanitary
  2. 4. ancient collection of sacred text
  3. 5. people went to dance, sing, and socialize (often celebrating something)
  4. 7. name of the emperor who got an Indian nose job after his was cut off
  5. 9. a flap of skin was cut from here to preform an Indian nose job
  6. 11. some stepwells were used as ____
  7. 13. what Indians called positive numbers
  8. 16. people who write
  9. 17. aka gods or goddesses
  10. 18. essential part in the religious and social lives of people in India
  11. 19. the first or these were only placeholders
  12. 23. also called a nose job