History Ancient India Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. Ruler of the Mauryan Empire in Ancient India
  2. 6. The Buddhist belief in a state of complete enlightenment where a person has peace and freedom
  3. 12. "Enlightened One"
  4. 14. Written language belonging to the Aryans
  5. 15. A symbol or picture used in early writing to represent a word
  6. 16. Prince, chief, or ruler in India
  7. 17. Divine being of Hinduism believed to be the cause and material of creation
  8. 18. Wind that reverses the direction with the change of the season
  9. 19. Strict social class a person is born into
  10. 21. Anyone from outside the group of the Hindu caste system
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  1. 1. Nomads believed to have moved into the Indus Vally
  2. 2. The Hindu belief that a person's good or bad deeds determine his state in reincarnation
  3. 4. City chosen by Chandragupta to be the capital of the Mauryan Empire
  4. 5. Major Indian religion based on Vedic religious beliefs
  5. 7. Collections of sacred hymn texts of Hinduism
  6. 8. Religious duties of a Hindu or a Buddhist
  7. 9. The belief that after a person dies, he/she comes back in another form
  8. 10. Having received knowledge or understanding
  9. 11. Dome-shaped Buddhist shrine
  10. 12. Religion founded by Siddharatha Gautama
  11. 13. Sister city of Mohenjo-Daro
  12. 15. Belief that everything in the universe is part of a supreme being
  13. 18. Sister city of Harappa
  14. 20. Scholar who studies languages