Ch. 15 - India
Across
- 4. Highest mountain range in the world. Protected India to the Northeast.
- 7. Most practiced religion in India.
- 10. Third in caste system. Landowners, merchants, minor officials.
- 12. Second in the caste system. Kings, chieftains, warriors.
- 14. Top of the caste system. Priests and religious teachers.
- 15. Sacred texts that formed the foundation of Hinduism.
- 16. Referred to as untouchables. Did any job considered "unclean".
Down
- 1. Mountain range that protected India from the Northwest.
- 2. Second city discovered in Indus River Valley. Name means "hill of the dead".
- 3. First city discovered in the Indus River Valley.
- 5. River that empties into the Arabian Sea.
- 6. Desert that provided a natural barrier on the Indian subcontinent.
- 8. Season winds that brought rain to India for months at a time.
- 9. River that empties into the Bay of Bengal.
- 11. Fourth in the caste system. Farm workers, servants, unskilled workers.
- 13. Language of the Vedic Age.