Across
- 4. an archaeological site in the ancient Indus valley.
- 6. This Indian Empire connected India to the rest of the world by using the Silk Road to trade.
- 7. Empire which existed from approximately 320 to 550 CE and was a model of a classical civilization.
- 10. Lowest class in Indian Society
- 13. An archaeological site built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Had a giant bathtub.
- 14. Seasonal winds in India's climate
- 18. Advancements of the Gupta Dynasty included surgery, inoculations, classifying diseases and medicinal plants
- 20. Around 1500 BC a group of nomadic people described as Indo-Europeans emerged
- 21. The commoner class mostly merchants or farmers
- 23. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are known for having the first _____-like patterns in ancient history (like city-blocks!)
- 24. A written language developed around 1,000 BC by Aryans. They wrote down legends, and religious chants.
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- 1. the concept of ___ was a mathematical contribution of the Gupta Dynasty
- 2. A person sent on a religious mission, such as people who spread Buddhism into China
- 3. Rigid social categories that determine each person's position in Indian society.
- 5. A time of peace, prosperity, and happiness; in India, it was the time of the Gupta Empire
- 8. Landmass that is smaller than a continent
- 9. One of the first historical empires in ancient India from 322 to 185 BCE.
- 11. The top of position in social scale of India. Usually in charge of religious ceremonies
- 12. A mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush and a route invaders entered India
- 15. Largest population of Indians. Most were peasants or worked in manual labor, They have limited rights in the society
- 16. The warrior class, Sometimes families from other Varnas were allowed into this class
- 17. The sacred river of the Hindus
- 19. The river than was the site of an early Indian civilizations
- 22. An Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent