India Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. group of nomadic people's who may have come from the steppes
  2. 8. movements of a people from one region to another
  3. 9. also known as wisdom
  4. 10. civilization the Indus valley civilization is sometimes refered to this because of the many archeological discoveries made at that site.
  5. 12. it is part of the Aryan groups based in occupation and priests are here
  6. 13. the creator
  7. 16. Noble Truth the way to end suffering is to end all desires
  8. 17. the Buddha's word for release from selfishness and pain
  9. 21. also called as Asia Minor
  10. 23. is a collection of religious beliefs that developed slowly over a long period of time.
  11. 25. the teachers' comments were later written down
  12. 26. also known as the protector
  13. 27. group of speakers
  14. 29. good or bad deeds that influences specific life circumstances.
  15. 30. Four Noble Truths Buddha finally understood his enlightenments and called those ideas.
Down
  1. 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.
  2. 3. one of the greatest epics of India
  3. 4. another Indo-European people whose homeland was probably somewhere between the Caspian and Aral seas.
  4. 5. a great mother goddess
  5. 6. known as rebirth whereas an individual soul or spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved.
  6. 7. a dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus.
  7. 11. explorer from Portugal encountered this social system and called the groups
  8. 14. Veda it contains 1,028 hymns to Aryan gods.
  9. 15. they have a sacred literature that left a picture of Aryan Life.
  10. 18. the destroyer
  11. 19. the four major group is also known as
  12. 20. 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.
  13. 22. the founder of Jainism.
  14. 24. is when the person achieves the perfect understanding
  15. 28. Gautama the founder of Buddhism.