India

2. strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer
4. a flat area of land that is elevated, or raised, above the land around it
8. the idea that all existing things in reality come from one original source
9. concept found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions about how the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to one’s soul in the next life
11. the belief that a person’s soul is reborn into a new body after death
13. a journey to a holy place

1. one of the first major settlements in ancient India that became a center of the Indus valley civilization
3. a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
5. a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that a person has a duty or obligation to live an honorable life
6. a passage dug into the earth, through which liquids flow
7. a fortress built to protect a city
10. a social group that does a particular job and that a person is born into. There are thousands of jatis.
12. valley civilization an early civilization, known for its advanced culture, that developed in the Indus River valley in India