Across
- 2. - a Buddhist shrine, usually dome-shaped
- 5. -a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
- 6. -to focus one's thoughts to gain a higher level of spiritual awareness
- 9. -leaders/prices of the Indo-Aryan clans or tribes
- 11. -practicing nonviolence toward all living things
- 12. -a force that describes the form that people will be reborn into in their next lives
- 13. -an Indian prince
- 14. -the universal sport worshiped by Hindus
- 16. -untouchable, preformed unclean jobs like street sweepers, waste handlers, and dead body handlers
- 20. -the release from the pain and suffering of rebirth and becoming on with the universal sport. The ultimate peace in Hinduasim
- 21. - the governor of a province in ancient Persia
- 23. -In Buddhism, a state of perfect happiness and peace
- 24. -a religion founded in ancient India by the religious teacher Buddha
- 25. - a symbol in a writing system based on pictures
- 27. - a person who travels the holy sites
- 28. -ancient sacred writing of India
Down
- 1. -the first written language of India
- 3. -laws written in local languages on slabs of rocks or pillars so people could read them
- 4. -a branch of Buddhism that view Buddha as a great teacher, not a deity
- 7. -a branch of Buddhism
- 8. -a social group is born into and cannot change
- 10. -obedience to the moral law
- 15. -the rebirth of the soul
- 17. -ancient Sanskrit word for teacher or guide
- 18. -a religion of ancient India that does not believe in a supreme being, but emphasizes nonviolence and respect for all living things
- 19. -a major religion that developed in ancient India
- 20. -seasonal wind,especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia
- 22. -fortress
- 26. -native; originating in a particular place