Ancient India and Ancient Egypt
Across
- 3. is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation,
- 6. the founder of the Mauryan empire.
- 10. is a large plateau in India, making up most of the southern part of the country.
- 11. Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra.
- 12. is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt.
- 15. the main language India speak.
Down
- 1. also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia.
- 2. the longest river in India.
- 4. is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.
- 5. also Ganges, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh.
- 7. is a mountain range in South Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range is home to the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.
- 8. the capital of modern India.
- 9. an Indian emperor of the Maura Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from circa 269 BCE to 232 BCE.
- 13. was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the early dynastic period.
- 14. is the birth name of a Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC).