Ancient India

1. “The enlightened one” Siddhartha Gautama
5. the focusing of mind on spiritual ideas
8. mixtures of 2 or more metals to make the new metal stronger
10. the avoidance of violent action
13. 2: emperor who took throne in India during 375 B.C.
17. Candragupta’s grandson and he became king, made a strong empire, and he promoted Buddhism.
20. the process of rebirth
22. the study of stars and planets

1. a religion based on the teachings of the Buddha
2. the most important language of Ancient India
3. System divided Indian society into groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation
4. the largest religion in India today
5. the science of working with metals
6. going without food
7. the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul
9. injecting a person with a small dose of virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease. defenses=immune system
11. a state of perfect peace
12. was based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira
14. a series of steps by which a task is accomplished
15. Numerals: The numbers that we use today.
16. people who work to spread their religious beliefs
18. is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
19. seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry season
21. to set up or create