Ch. 6: Ancient India

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Across
  1. 2. groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation in ancient India
  2. 3. the science of working with metals
  3. 4. injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease
  4. 7. the most famous of Indian religious epics
  5. 12. the process of rebirth
  6. 14. in Hinduism, the soul of a person that will eventually join with Brahman
  7. 15. a state of perfect peace
  8. 17. collections of poems, hymns, myths, and rituals written by Aryan priests
  9. 18. people who believe in injuring no life
  10. 19. a path Buddhists follow that is the middle way between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure
  11. 21. created by Indian scholars and brought to Europe by Arabs
  12. 25. modern math would not be possible without this ancient Indian contribution (hint it’s a number)
  13. 26. the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul
  14. 27. the study of stars and planets
  15. 29. branch of Buddhism with the most followers
  16. 33. rulers and warriors
  17. 34. the largest religion in India today
  18. 35. the most important language of ancient India
  19. 36. Enlightened One
  20. 40. a well-planned ancient Indian city
  21. 41. going without food
  22. 42. according to the Buddha, all suffering in life is caused by this
  23. 43. region of India seized and controlled by Candragupta Maurya in the 320s BCE
Down
  1. 1. people who work to spread their religious beliefs
  2. 3. Hindu man who helped India win independence from Great Britain in 1947
  3. 5. seized control of the entire northern part of India
  4. 6. the four guiding principles of Buddhism
  5. 8. mountain range in northern India
  6. 9. leaders of this dynasty supported all Indian religions
  7. 10. Mauryan ruler who converted to Buddhism
  8. 11. Vedic texts written as reflections on the Vedas by religious students and teachers
  9. 13. the avoidance of violent actions
  10. 16. social divisions in Aryan society
  11. 20. a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
  12. 22. religion of the Aryans
  13. 23. Gupta leader who considered the caste system an important part of Indian society
  14. 24. Hindu prince who left his life of luxury to find answers to his questions about human life
  15. 28. seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
  16. 30. a religion based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira
  17. 31. invaders from Central Asia
  18. 32. mixtures of two or more metals
  19. 37. a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
  20. 38. the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas
  21. 39. the highest members of the Indian caste system