Nina’s India Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Seasonal winds that bring great amounts of rain
  2. 5. Inherited social class
  3. 8. World's oldest organized religion
  4. 9. Found at the mouth of the river
  5. 11. Famous Hindu temple
  6. 16. Large ancient cities in the Indus Valley
  7. 18. Commonly used to make twine
  8. 19. Languages of Pakistan
  9. 21. Siddhartha Gautama founded this faith
  10. 22. Plains Area between Himalaya Mts. and Southern India
  11. 23. A group of islands (Hawaii)
  12. 24. Set of guidelines to escape suffering
Down
  1. 1. Plateau High area covering most of Southern India
  2. 3. Classical language of India/Hinduism
  3. 4. Small particles moved by wind, water, or ice
  4. 6. Large land mass; own geographic identity
  5. 7. Fundamentalists who ruled Afghanistan prior to 9/11
  6. 10. Located in south-central Asia (Mt. Everest)
  7. 12. Process of birth, life, death, rebirth
  8. 13. books of knowledge
  9. 14. Ancient ethnic group in Cambodia
  10. 15. Main principles of Buddhism
  11. 17. Ethnic group that settled in India from Northern Europe
  12. 20. Official language of Pakistan