China and India Crossword Puzzle

4. One of the river valleys in India
5. in Hinduism, the code of morals as¬ signed to a person's caste.
6. Member of the Indo-European Nomadic peoples who wandered across Europe and Asia seeking water and pasture for cattle and horses
8. Persian conquered land to make Persia into an empire
9. person who devotes his or her life to seeking spiritual truths
11. One of the twin capitals in the Indus River Valley
13. unofficial name of a Hindu outside the caste system in India, traditionally considered lower than a shudra
15. Chinese fine handwriting in an art form
20. used by priests to predict the future
21. part of the Hindu belief in reincar¬nation. Karma is the level of good or bad that a person's soul accumulates in the course of its series of lives
22. Fertile River Valley in India
23. the division of a population into castes, or social classes. These range from the most powerful and respected class at the top to the least powerful and respected at the bottom.
24. A road in the Persian Empire stretching over1,600 miles from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia
26. elected chief of an Aryan tribe in ancient India

1. in Hinduism the final release from reincarnations and suffering on earth
2. a member of the lowest caste among Hindus in India.
3. a governor of a province in ancient Persia
5. Persian who united the Persian empire
7. in Buddhism the final release from reincarnations on earth. Unlike Hindu moksha, nirvana involves no caste distinctions
10. A form of picture writing that expressed thoughts and ideas using signs
12. A large landmass that juts out from a continent
14. Persian prophet; founder of a monotheistic religion
16. Another name for the Yellow River Valley
17. A system of government in which local lords governed own lands but owed military service to ruler
18. a seasonal wind that often brings rain
19. a member of the highest caste among Hindus in India, traditionally known as priests.
25. The dry plateau that juts into the Indian Ocean