Across
- 2. Pakistani restaurant owner on "Seinfeld"
- 3. The last viceroy of India
- 4. Job on Martin Luther's resume
- 8. Proverbially stubborn creature
- 9. Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, called "The Great"
- 12. Master; mentor
- 13. Myanmar, at one time
- 16. Devoted woman in church
- 17. Customs and civilization of a particular time or people.
- 23. National Dish Of England?(3 words)
- 24. Southern Asian river
- 25. East Pakistan, today
- 27. Olive or coconut extract
- 28. Author of novel "A Suitable Boy"
- 30. Bovine, considered sacred
- 31. Village in India where Clive's 1757 victory established British supremacy
- 32. Director of The Apu Trilogy
- 33. Indian political party (abbr)
- 34. Oscar-winning star of the 1982 biopic Gandhi
- 36. Indian wiseguy
- 38. Gurkha's knife
- 39. Malik formerly of One Direction
- 41. Entertainer who plays music to reptiles (2 words)
- 43. Flower, also yoga position
- 45. Old Hindu tongue
- 46. Animal; foolish person
- 47. Man who drew line between Pakistan and India
- 48. "K" in J & K?
- 50. Afghan national anthem's language
Down
- 1. Cassius Clay
- 5. Withdrawal of UK from EU
- 6. To seize, take over or appropriate without authority
- 7. Fruit of a palm
- 8. Seasonal rainy phase
- 10. Siddhartha
- 11. "The Wretched of the Earth" writer
- 14. Festival of lights
- 15. US permit to work
- 17. Batista overthrower of '59
- 18. Style of Punjabi-Western pop music
- 19. Noted Mogul emperor
- 20. Self-immolation by fire ritual
- 21. Singer of 2009 single "Down"
- 22. "History is written by the ___."
- 26. A pilgrimage to Mecca
- 29. Nobel and Pulitzer winner Morrison
- 35. Urdu, for one
- 37. Drink made with yoghurt or buttermilk, served cold
- 40. Kapoor at Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin
- 42. Wrist adornments
- 44. Agra's big tourist draw
- 49. Fit for Muslim consumption