Ancient India Vocab Crossword Part 1

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Across
  1. 3. This religion, with texts like the Vedas, believes in one Supreme Being with many forms.
  2. 5. India is called this because it is a massive landmass, but smaller than a continent.
  3. 8. Ancient Indian texts like the Vedas were written in this language.
  4. 10. The belief that everything in reality comes from one single source.
  5. 12. The Nile ends in one of these triangle-shaped landforms before it reaches the Mediterranean.
  6. 13. This belief says your soul is reborn into a new body after death.
  7. 15. Your actions in a past life can affect your rebirth through this concept.
  8. 16. These four broad categories describe how people serve society in Hinduism.
Down
  1. 1. The Deccan is one of these raised flat areas in India.
  2. 2. A journey to a holy site, like Hindus traveling to the Ganges River.
  3. 4. These ancient sacred texts form the foundation of Hinduism.
  4. 6. This social group decides your occupation at birth; there are thousands of them in India.
  5. 7. After harvest, villagers stored grain here to protect it from pests and weather.
  6. 9. In India, this rigid system kept people in separate groups, often limiting marriage and jobs.
  7. 11. Farmers in India depended on this seasonal wind for water but feared its floods.
  8. 12. In Hinduism, following this duty or obligation is seen as living an honorable life.
  9. 14. If an invading army attacked, the people might run here for protection.