Across
- 5. achieving wisdom and reuniting with the Great World Soul
- 6. commoner class mostly merchants
- 7. religion based on the teachings of Buddha
- 11. 1,500 BC a group of nomadic people described as Indo-Europeans emerged
- 13. largest population, peasants
- 15. Aryans leaders or princes who created small kingdoms
- 16. warrior class
- 17. seasonal winds
Down
- 1. four major social classes in Aryan society
- 2. idea that a persons actions will determine their next life
- 3. written language developed around 1,000 BC by Aryans
- 4. divine law that requires people to do their duty
- 8. lowest level of Indian society
- 9. belief that a person's soul is reborn
- 10. system rigid social categories that determine position in society
- 12. major religious system of India, originates from Aryans
- 14. top position in social scale in India