Across
- 4. the first written language of ancient India
- 7. a religion based on the teachings of Buddha
- 9. a person's personal duty based on the individual's place in society
- 10. Hindu system where society division is based on hereditary
- 11. a religion native to India , featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation
- 15. state of great peace or happiness
- 16. wisdom, morality, meditation
- 17. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
- 19. these mountains separate India from China and are the tallest in the world
- 21. the belief that actions in this life whether good or bad will decide your place in the next life
- 22. a river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea
- 23. the warrior and aristocrat varna of the caste system
Down
- 1. a person who makes a journey for religious reasons
- 2. freedom from the mortal world
- 3. founded India's first and largest empire
- 5. the section of the Indian epic the Mahabharata
- 6. the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment
- 8. dynasty that unified much of the entire subcontinent of India
- 12. a single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything
- 13. doctrines of Buddha where all life involves suffering
- 14. the empire known for re-establishing Hinduism and for achievements in math and science
- 18. this river is considered to be sacred to Hindus and is used for rituals
- 20. principle of noninjury/nonviolence to living things