midterm review

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Across
  1. 2. The sacred ancient texts in Hinduism
  2. 5. one of two official names for India
  3. 6. a disputed region between India, Pakistan, and China
  4. 9. homegrown, belonging to one’s own country
  5. 10. a country on the North East border
  6. 12. countless endogamous groups that fit into the varna system
  7. 13. the split of British India into India and Pakistan
  8. 15. a system of social division into four groups theoretically based on people's occupation as priests, kings, traders, and laborers
  9. 17. the belief in intrinsic differences between people, races, genders, countries
  10. 19. the first Prime Minister of independent India
  11. 21. a synonym for "mutiny" of 1857
  12. 22. the youngest religion on the subcontinent
  13. 24. "untouchable"
Down
  1. 1. a Hindu concept for one's ethical paths, duties, and proper conduct
  2. 3. languages spoken in South India
  3. 4. a common title of M.K. Gandhi, meaning sage or "great soul"
  4. 7. antagonism between religious or ethnic groups
  5. 8. the belief that the East is radically different from the West
  6. 11. the highest Universal Principle and the Ultimate Reality in Hinduism
  7. 14. a Sanskrit word for "rule" by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947
  8. 16. a list of castes and tribes eligible for quotas
  9. 18. Indian government pledge to respect all religions equally
  10. 20. ____ territory and state are two types of administrative divisions of the Republic of India
  11. 23. Largest minority religion of India