Ancient India Key Terms & Definitions

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Across
  1. 4. The rebirth of a soul into a new body.
  2. 5. A person's duty or what is right for him or her.
  3. 7. Seasonal winds that help shape life in a region.
  4. 11. A fortified area.
  5. 12. The highest varna in India's social structure.
  6. 14. The social class that represents landowners, bankers, and merchants.
  7. 18. A special building used to hold surplus crops, such as corn and wheat.
  8. 21. A state of perfect wisdom.
  9. 22. Referred to individuals who did farm work and other manual labor.
  10. 23. To calm or clear the mind.
  11. 24. The effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives.
Down
  1. 1. The liberation from reincarnation.
  2. 2. Known as thinkers and teachers in India.
  3. 3. Known as the one supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force or God.
  4. 6. The social class that represents rulers and warriors.
  5. 8. Avoiding doing harm to any living things.
  6. 9. Referred to the individuals who had to do "dirty" work that no one else wanted to do, such as cleaning toilets or butchering animals.
  7. 10. A collection of hundreds of sacred hymns.
  8. 13. A fixed social class into which a person is born.
  9. 15. A large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.
  10. 16. The religion of the Vedic Age.
  11. 17. A river ___ is a main river and all of the other rivers and streams that drain into it.
  12. 19. Religious Communities
  13. 20. A state of blissful peace without desire or suffering.