India Review Crossword

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  1. 1. supreme Hindu deity
  2. 3. Hindu belief that social position of birth is determined by behavior in previous lives
  3. 5. government in which power is derived by control of maritime trade routes
  4. 10. A large river in northwest India
  5. 11. Release from cycle of death and rebirth; the goal of Hinduism
  6. 12. Hindu belief in responsibilities & duties that govern a person's behavior and must be fulfilled to escape samsara
  7. 13. Rebirth into a new body after death
  8. 15. Gupta mathematician who invented the base 10 number system and made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics
  9. 16. River in northeast India
  10. 17. Offshoot of Hinduism that became popular in east and southeast Asia
  11. 18. Irrational number crucial for calculations relating to circles and spheres
  12. 22. thalassocratic power in medieval indonesia
  13. 24. Lifestyle that involves the renouncing of worldly possessions in favor of spiritual pursuits
  14. 26. A group of people that are beneath the Hindu caste system (or the lowest level)
  15. 28. The empire that united most of India during the early medieval period
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  1. 1. Famous Sanskrit work of literature completed during the Gupta golden age that contains Hindu philosophy
  2. 2. Ancient civilization that developed along the Indus River and mysteriously disappeared
  3. 4. wat buddhist temple built by the Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia
  4. 6. Ancient Indian writing system, most common in literature
  5. 7. Hindu religious movement that places emphasis on devotion to a Hindu deity as a means to achieve moksha
  6. 8. The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India.
  7. 9. Emperor and military leader who expanded the Gupta Empire to its greatest size and whose reign began a golden age
  8. 14. Ancient civilization from which many aspects of Indian culture, such as Hinduism, originated
  9. 19. Nomadic horsemen who invaded India during the time of the Gupta Empire
  10. 20. Religious offshoot of Hinduism that focuses on nonviolence.
  11. 21. Ancient Vedic religion of India
  12. 23. Hindu belief in reincarnation, the idea that one is reborn after death
  13. 25. Mongol Muslim Empire that conquered and ruled most of India during the late medieval period
  14. 27. The priest (highest) caste in India's social caste system