Across
- 2. the town in Nepal were the Buddha was born
- 4. a form of math invented by an Iranian mathematician
- 5. a currency used in both Nepal and India (different values)
- 9. This country used to be known as Persia
- 10. Its name translates to "The land between the rivers"
- 12. The end of this holiday is the start of Eid al-Fitr
- 13. A Syrian holy city in Islam tradition
- 15. A popular thing to fly in Afghanistan
- 16. an Indian festival where people throw colored powders
Down
- 1. a mountain range that formed when India crashed into Asia millions of years ago
- 3. the capital of Israel
- 6. Its partner river is the Euphrates.
- 7. a holy and sacred animal in India
- 8. a drink first made and popularized by Yemen in the 1400s
- 11. This mountain was first climbed by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
- 14. the Dead Sea has too much