Ancient India

3. - the individual self, regarded as a soul or principle of life
5. - a collection of ancient Hindu scriptures
8. - an archaeological site in present-day Pakistan, part of the Indus Valley Civilization
9. Valley Civilization - one of the world's oldest civilizations, located in present-day Pakistan and northwest India
10. - the ultimate reality underlying all phenomena according to Hindu philosophy
11. - the principle of cosmic order
12. - a spiritual teacher or guide
15. - an archaeological site in present-day Pakistan, part of the Indus Valley Civilization
16. - a spiritual discipline that involves meditation, breath control, and bodily postures

1. - an emperor of the Maurya Empire who ruled from 268 to 232 BCE and is known for his conversion to Buddhism and his policies of nonviolence and religious tolerance
2. - one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India
4. Empire - a powerful empire in ancient India
6. Gautama - the founder of Buddhism, also known as the Buddha
7. - liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth
13. - an ancient language of India, used by Aryans
14. - the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences