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- 1. Farmers, craftspeople, and traders of Ancient India.
- 4. Siddhartha Gautama became known as this, which means “enlightened one.”
- 6. A Buddhist shrine
- 7. The writing of Ancient India.
- 9. Archaeologists named this city "hill of the dead"
- 11. Doctors in Ancient India learned how to rebuild noses through this type of surgery.
- 15. During this Empire, the concept of zero was created, as well as advances in medicine, philosophy, literature
- 16. While containing rulers, land owners, and warriors, this was only the second highest class of Ancient India.
- 19. This system established the Social Pyramid of Ancient India.
- 20. Ancient Indian cities, such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, are located in what is now...
- 23. One of the World's Longest Literary works at 1.8 million words!
- 24. The Indian people believed in many gods, known as this.
- 27. The Ancient Indians made many advancements in science, including the ability to predict these in regards to the sun and moon!
- 30. Also known as the Dalits, or the Untouchables, this the lowest class of Ancient India. So low, that it doesn't even count as a class of people!
- 32. This provided natural protection from northern invasions.
- 33. Credited with inventing the number zero.
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- 2. Due to how India is separated from the rest of Asia, it is often called this geographically
- 3. These were priests of Ancient India, the highest class.
- 5. The people of the Indus River Civilization disappeared due to three possible reasons: a great flood, enemy invasion, or this.
- 8. The main river in Ancient India.
- 10. The preserver god who maintains life.
- 12. Around 1500 BC, this group of nomadic warrior-herders crossed the narrow Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains and invaded the Indus Valley culture
- 13. This civilization developed along the Indus River.
- 14. positive or negative points you earn in life that allows you to move up and down the social pyramid
- 17. We know about Brahmanism because of Aryan books (holy writings) that record their beliefs.
- 18. The creator god who brings forth life.
- 21. A policy used by Mahatma Ghandi and then Martin Luther King Jr., this means non-violence and goes back to Jainism
- 22. The ideal ruler.
- 25. This religion, the major religion of India, was a mixture of Aryan (Brahmanism) and Indus Valley beliefs.
- 26. Peasants and manual labors, one of the lowest classes in Ancient India.
- 28. The destroyer god who allows for new life to be created.
- 29. Ancient Indians were Pioneers of this, the Indians created tools and weapons by mixing iron and other metals together.
- 31. An Indian leader who is primarily responsible for spreading Buddhism across Asia