Ch. 15 - India

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