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1. Famous Sanskrit work of literature completed during the Gupta golden age that contains Hindu philosophy
5. River in northeast India
8. supreme Hindu deity
9. Ancient Indian writing system, most common in literature
12. The priest (highest) caste in India's social caste system
15. Nomadic horsemen who invaded India during the time of the Gupta Empire
17. Mongol Muslim Empire that conquered and ruled most of India during the late medieval period
18. Hindu religious movement that places emphasis on devotion to a Hindu deity as a means to achieve moksha
21. Hindu belief in reincarnation, the idea that one is reborn after death
22. A group of people that are beneath the Hindu caste system (or the lowest level)
23. Religious offshoot of Hinduism that focuses on nonviolence.
24. Gupta mathematician who invented the base 10 number system and made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics

2. One who renounces worldly possessions in favor of spiritual pursuits
3. The empire that united most of India during the early medieval period
4. A large river in northwest India
6. Emperor and military leader who expanded the Gupta Empire to its greatest size and whose reign began a golden age
7. Irrational number crucial for calculations relating to circles and spheres
10. Rebirth into a new body after death
11. The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India.
12. Offshoot of Hinduism that became popular in east and southeast Asia
13. Ancient Vedic religion of India
14. Ancient civilization from which many aspects of Indian culture, such as Hinduism, originated
16. Ancient civilization that developed along the Indus River and mysteriously disappeared
19. Release from cycle of death and rebirth; the goal of Hinduism
20. Hindu belief that social position of birth is determined by behavior in previous lives