Ancient India Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. the first written language of ancient India
  2. 7. a religion based on the teachings of Buddha
  3. 9. a person's personal duty based on the individual's place in society
  4. 10. Hindu system where society division is based on hereditary
  5. 11. a religion native to India , featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation
  6. 15. state of great peace or happiness
  7. 16. wisdom, morality, meditation
  8. 17. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
  9. 19. these mountains separate India from China and are the tallest in the world
  10. 21. the belief that actions in this life whether good or bad will decide your place in the next life
  11. 22. a river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea
  12. 23. the warrior and aristocrat varna of the caste system
Down
  1. 1. a person who makes a journey for religious reasons
  2. 2. freedom from the mortal world
  3. 3. founded India's first and largest empire
  4. 5. the section of the Indian epic the Mahabharata
  5. 6. the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment
  6. 8. dynasty that unified much of the entire subcontinent of India
  7. 12. a single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything
  8. 13. doctrines of Buddha where all life involves suffering
  9. 14. the empire known for re-establishing Hinduism and for achievements in math and science
  10. 18. this river is considered to be sacred to Hindus and is used for rituals
  11. 20. principle of noninjury/nonviolence to living things