India Vocab

2. A mountain range on the south eastern coast of India
4. A triangle-shaped area that lies between two mountain ranges in southern India
6. A collection of ancient writings viewed as sacred by many Hindus
7. A word meaning "enlightened"; also the man who founded Buddhism
10. Able to grow crops well
13. A concept in Hinduism about how good and evil in the past can determine what happens to one's soul in the future
15. A person who gives up world pleasures (Buddhism)
16. A class, or group, in Hindu society
17. A strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer
19. This river begins in the Himalayas and gets most of its water from snow melting in the Hindu Kush mountains
20. A fortress built to protect a city
21. A mountain range on the south western coast of India

1. The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death
3. This mountain range forms a natural barrier between the Indus River Valley and Afghanistan
5. A flat area of land that is elevated about the land around it
7. A river that starts in the Himalayas and eventually joins the Ganges
8. A belief in Hinduism that a person has a duty to live an honorable life
9. One of the first major settlements in ancient India that became a center of the Indus valley civilization
10. The purpose of an object and hot it's used
11. A river that flows across most of Northern India and makes its way south through ice, rocks, mountains, and valleys
12. A landform made up mostly of sand and stone, with very little plant life
14. This mountain range is the highest in the world and forms a natural border between India and much of Asia
18. An ideal state of happiness and peace