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3. a period during which a society attains prosperity and cultural achievements
6. a beautiful tomb built by the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan to honor his wife
9. a 20th century Indian who helped lead his country to independence by using nonviolent resistance to colonial rule
11. ancient Sanskrit writing that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism
12. group of Indo-European nomadic herders who are believed by many scholars to have migrated to the Indian subcontinent

1. a social class that a person belongs to by birth
2. a method of protest that draws attention to a problem without using violence
4. speakers of a language group found in India since earliest times; mostly spoken in South India today
5. a name, meaning the "enlightened one" used for Siddhartha Gautama
7. an ancient language of India, first spoken by the Aryans
8. a major world religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
10. the modern name for the major religion of India