Ancient India Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
  2. 3. a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century BC.
  3. 7. the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion.
  4. 10. the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
  5. 11. known as the Buddha.
  6. 12. an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal.
  7. 14. An ancient language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written
  8. 15. the nature of reality regarded as a universal truth taught by the Buddha; the teaching of Buddhism.
Down
  1. 2. rising in SW Tibet in the Kailas Range of the Himalayas and flowing northwest through Kashmir.
  2. 4. a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
  3. 5. the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
  4. 6. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia.
  5. 8. top of caste system.
  6. 9. a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.
  7. 13. Bottom of the caste system.