Across
- 3. The first teachings of the Buddha and his four guiding principles
- 6. The leader of an Aryan village
- 7. A collection of poems, hymns, myths, and rituals that serve as the main source of information about the Aryan soceity
- 9. The goal of Buddhism, reaching enlightenment and escaping the cycle of rebirth
- 10. The founder of Sikhism
- 12. The goal of Hinduism, to escape the cycle of rebirth
- 14. The Universal Spirit
- 15. The Hindu and Buddhist belief that you will be reborn after you die
- 17. The number created by India which serves as the basis for modern math
- 19. The name of the Empire that took over India around AD 320
- 21. The Aryan language
- 22. Focusing the mind on spiritual ideas
- 23. The number of planets that Indian astronomers knew of
Down
- 1. Seasonal wind patterns that bring wet and dry seasons
- 2. Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to build immunity to that disease
- 4. The name Siddhartha Gautama became known as, means "Enlightened One"
- 5. The name we give to India's first civilization
- 8. The effects of good and bad actions on a person's soul
- 9. The avoidance of violent actions
- 11. A large landmass that is smaller than a continent
- 13. The religion that is based upon the texts left by the Aryans, such as the Upanishads
- 16. A Mauryan Emperor who spread peace and prosperity in his empire through the teachings of Buddhism
- 18. The name of the divisions in the social hierarchy
- 20. A social hierarchy that divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, and occupation