ss ancient india study
Across
- 3. the most widely spoken language in modern India; based off of Sanskrit
- 6. several gramas combined
- 7. means "noble"
- 9. the leader or a village and the surrounding land
- 10. the most important language of ancient India because it is the root of many South Asian languages
- 11. "untouchables" social outcasts
- 14. commoners such as farmers, merchants, or craftspeople
- 15. the Aryan social order
Down
- 1. a time period in which the Vedas were historians' main source of information
- 2. a group that settled in India after the Harappans
- 4. servants and peasants
- 5. nobles and warriors
- 8. preists and scholars
- 12. an aryan communtiy based on family ties
- 13. Collection of poems, hymns, myths & rituals that were passed down orally and later written down