Across
- 3. The sacred Hindu writing.
- 6. Obedience to one's government and family.
- 7. The number symbols still used today, originally used by the Guptas.
- 9. Moral duty or nonviolence.
- 11. A book of Confucianism beliefs.
- 12. When a soul dies then is reborn into another body.
- 14. The middle Hindu caste, they were farmers and traders and studied the Veda.
- 15. A very strict religion in which the punishment for disobeying the laws is death.
- 16. The lowest Hindu caste, they tend to the livestock and do NOT study the Veda.
- 18. A religion in which people believed that nature should take it's course, was founded by Lau Tzu.
- 19. The highest Hindu caste, they were priests and studied the Veda.
- 20. How well one fallows the laws, this affects how they are reborn.
Down
- 1. The second highest Hindu caste, they were warriors and studied the Veda.
- 2. A social status that you must be born into, this determines your job, who you marry and who your friends are.
- 4. A trade route that goes from Europe through India and into China, this was important for cultural diffusion.
- 5. The founder of Buddhism.
- 8. To believe that one's country surpasses all others.
- 10. A major city found in the Indus River Valley that has right angle streets, underground pluming, and bricks the same size throughout the entire city. No superior or religious buildings were found.
- 13. The way to enlightenment/The Fourth Noble Truth.
- 17. An enlightened state of mind.