Ancient India Crossword

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  1. 4. important art form in the Gupta empire, it was also a part of life for noble families
  2. 7. The man who discovered how long a year is.
  3. 8. is one of the most beloved works of Hinduism, its name means "Song of the Lord"
  4. 9. A pillar made of solid iron that still stands today.
  5. 11. This a great achievement of the Gupta empire, they were really good at it.
  6. 13. a collection of Hindu legends that taught the lessons of the Vedas, or sacred Hindu texts, through tales of sages and kings
  7. 14. What was one of the things that the doctors learned?
  8. 15. Gupta builders applied their knowledge of ________ to design complex structures
  9. 17. What did the universities provide people with?
  10. 18. Their coins often had pictures of these people.
  11. 19. What they called their numbers.
  12. 20. They made sacred text books out of this material
  13. 21. Indian murals reflect
  14. 23. Gupta sculptures portrayed...
  15. 25. The period of the Gupta Empire was a time of learning, What buildings did the Gupta Empire build many of during that time?
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  1. 1. a period of great innovation, prosperity, and achievement
  2. 2. a poem composed over hundreds of years, reached its final form during the Gupta era
  3. 3. greatest Indian paintings
  4. 5. Gupta rulers encouraged trade by creating a system of...
  5. 6. This is sculpture of the river deity
  6. 10. Who began the Gupta Empire?
  7. 12. busy traders used these to move easily from city to city
  8. 16. on the roads these told travelers distances so that people could calculate how far they had traveled.
  9. 20. What was the kingdom divided into?
  10. 22. Sculptors created these out of stone, wood, bronze, and terra-cotta clay
  11. 24. lasted from 320 AD to 550 AD