Ancient India Vocabulary Crossword

5. Largest population. Most were peasants or manual laborers.
6. A system of rigid social categories that determined each person’s position in Indian society.
8. The belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a different form after death.
11. Divine law that requires people to do their duty.
13. A rival religion to Hinduism, based on the teachings of the Buddha.
14. Rankings based on family and wealth.
17. The warrior class. Sometimes families from other varnas were allowed in this class.
18. The seasonal winds in Ancient India’s climate.
19. Popular Hindu god with the head of an elephant.

1. India’s written language.
2. Aryan leaders with small kingdoms who fought each other for women, cattle and treasure.
3. A state of ultimate enlightenment where the person achieves wisdom and ultimate reality.
4. The four major social classes in Aryan society.
7. A major religion of India, which has many gods and goddesses.
9. Indo-Europeans who were nomadic.
10. The top position in the social hierarchy of India.
12. The very lowest people in Indian Society. They were made to do work that others didn’t want to do.
15. The commoner class, which consisted of mostly merchants and farmers.
16. The idea that people’s actions determine their next life.