Across
- 2. the system that rigidly provided social order within India as a part of its religious institution
- 8. the man that unified northern India in the Mauryan era
- 11. like China, Indian society was extremely ______, limiting opportunities for women outside of the home
- 13. "the Buddha"
- 15. like China (and later Rome) this group of nomadic warriors brings and end to the Gupta age
- 16. seasonal change in wind direction that influences India's climate
- 17. stone shrines devoted to relics of the Buddha and Buddhism
Down
- 1. a shared religious belief between Hindu and Buddhist
- 3. the dynasty of India that is first to unify India and to adopt Buddhism
- 4. the holy texts of Hinduism
- 5. this group of individuals had greater status in India than in China...$
- 6. one of the major exports of classical Indian trade
- 7. a faith seen by the text as a challenge to Brahman social/political dominance
- 9. the majority of Indians practice this faith of Aryan origin
- 10. the Buddhist kingdom ruling from Afghanistan...trading peoples between the Mauryan and Gupta periods
- 12. the Mauryan Emperor that converts to Buddhism
- 14. the Golden Age of India in the Classical Period