Ancient India by: Ivy Gordon

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  1. 3. The main water system in western India (modern Pakistan)
  2. 4. A desert in western India
  3. 6. Belief that everything in the universe is part of a supreme being
  4. 8. The Buddhist belief in a state of complete enlightenment where a person has peace and freedom from desire
  5. 9. British archaeologist who discovered and helped excavate Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley in the 1920's
  6. 12. A city of one of the first civilizations in the Indus Valley; sister city of Mohenjo-Daro
  7. 13. The large body of water to the west of the Indian subcontinent
  8. 15. The belief that after a person dies, he or she comes back in another form
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  1. 1. A city of one of the first civilizations in the Indus Valley; sister city of Harappa
  2. 2. A religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama; they follow the Eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths
  3. 5. Founder of Buddhism
  4. 7. The major mountain range northeast India
  5. 10. a person who moves from place to place
  6. 11. The Hindu belief that a person's deeds, good or bad, determine his state in reincarnation
  7. 14. A major Indian religion based on Vedic religious beliefs; belief in Brahman and reincarnation that serves as a unifying influence in India's diverse society