India Crossword Puzzle

6. - group of nomadic people's who may have come from the steppes
8. Veda- it contains 1,028 hymns to Aryan gods.
10. is a collection of religious beliefs that developed slowly over a long period of time.
11. a dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus.
12. civilization- the Indus valley civilization is sometimes refered to this because of the many archeological discoveries made at that site.
15. one of the greatest epics of India
18. Gautama- the founder of Buddhism.
19. Four Noble Truths- Buddha finally understood his enlightenments and called those ideas.
20. they have a sacred literature that left a picture of Aryan Life.
22. Noble Truth- the way to end suffering is to end all desires
23. good or bad deeds that influences specific life circumstances.
25. also known as the protector
27. the creator
28. the destroyer
29. the four major group is also known as

1. the teachers' comments were later written down
2. A wall of the highest mountains in the world --- the Hindu, Kush, Karakorum, and Himalayan ranges--- seperates this region from the rest of the Asian Continent.
3. also known as wisdom
4. the Buddha's word for release from selfishness and pain
5. explorer from Portugal encountered this social system and called the groups
7. also known as rebirth whereas an individual soul or spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved.
9. a great mother goddess
12. group of speakers
13. another Indo-European people whose homeland was probably somewhere between the Caspian and Aral seas.
14. is when the person achieves the perfect understanding
16. also called as Asia Minor
17. movements of a people from one region to another
21. the founder of Jainism.
24. a seasonal winds that dominate India's climate.Harrapan civilization- the Indus valley civilization is sometimes refered to this because of the many archeological discoveries made at that site.
26. it is part of the Aryan groups based in occupation and priests are here