Ancient India

4. The southern part of India stretches into the Indian Ocean
7. A teacher in China with similar messages as Buddha
8. Latin word meaning "pure"; Hindu society groups
10. Highest mountain range
12. Enormous flat fertile plain formed of two rivers
16. Preached his sermon to 5 companions
18. The mighty spirit that creates and destroys
21. The highest mountain range separated these two civilizations
22. The self or soul aspect of Brahman
24. India's climate is dominated by these seasonal winds
25. The state of perfect understanding where self disappears to merge with Brahman

1. Priests gathered hymns into four collections called these
2. When the Aryan's migrated to India they brought the belief that everything in nature was this
3. Nothing that ever lives dies eternally, but reborn in another form
5. Little cubes stamped with dots that archaeologists found people used for pleasure
6. The reason that Indian people depend on monsoons
9. Nomadic herders that moved into the Indus valley around 1500 BC
11. The slave social class created from the god's feet
13. India is sometimes called this due to it being separated from the rest of Asia
14. Cities of the Indus valley showed great concern for this than any other city of their time
15. The writings that Hindu beliefs come from
17. The next most important source of prosperity besides farming
19. One of the largest, well-planned cities of Ancient India
20. This religion shaped India's culture
23. A type of wood that is valuable in southern India
26. Moral behavior in one life guaranteed rebirth in a higher social group