Indus River Valley

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Across
  1. 2. An ancient city in the southern Indus Valley; the name means “mound of the dead”
  2. 5. A nomadic Indo-European tribe that may have conquered the Indus Valley people
  3. 6. A building for storing grains like wheat
  4. 9. Mountain range stretching from Afghanistan into Pakistan
  5. 10. A large sea into which the Indus River flows
  6. 13. A large, tall mound made of bricks
  7. 15. A _____ is an oven used to bake and harden clay
  8. 16. A large area of land which is part of a much larger mass of land
  9. 17. Known as “soapstone”, one can carve into this rock and carve it into different figures
  10. 18. A desert located in northwestern India
Down
  1. 1. An ancient city in the northern Indus Valley
  2. 3. Plant fiber spun and woven into cloth
  3. 4. Large pool possibly used for religious purposes
  4. 6. When planning a city, the _______ allowed streets to run at right angles to each other
  5. 7. River that flows in northern India, through Pakistan and empties into the Arabian Sea
  6. 8. An ancient language of South Asia
  7. 9. A “stamp” pressed into clay or wax
  8. 11. River in India that flows southeast and empties into the Bay of Bengal
  9. 12. Mountain range stretching across India, Nepal, China and Bhutan
  10. 14. Seasonal winds which bring heavy rain