India crossword

2. A.D. 320 to about 540, India enjoyed a ________, or period of great cultural achievement. (golden age)
3. was Chandragupta’s grandson? (asoka)
5. tribes were led by chiefs who were called? (rajahs)
7. features of life in the Indian subcontinent? (monsoons)
10. person has an essential self, or? (atman)
12. believe, a person can come closer to achieving moksha obeying the law of? (Karma)
13. Buddha described the ______ as “right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct ,right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right contemplation.” (Eightfold Path)

1. system of ______, or social groups. (Caste)
2. the Buddhist, the final goal is? (nirvana)
4. landmass that juts out from a continent is? (subcontinent)
6. stresses the importance of? (Dharma)
8. 321 BC, a young adventurer, _____ forged the first Indian Empire. (Chandragupta)
9. moral principle of Hinduism? (ahimsa)
11. Aryans were? (polytheistic)
13. four ____ Truths. (noble)