Across
- 5. also known as wisdom
- 6. a seasonal winds that dominate India's climate.
- 7. the four major group is also known as
- 12. a dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus.
- 13. the creator
- 15. Veda it contains 1,028 hymns to Aryan gods.
- 16. the teachers' comments were later written down
- 17. it is part of the Aryan groups based in occupation and priests are here
- 19. the Buddha's word for release from selfishness and pain
- 21. the destroyer
- 24. the founder of Jainism.
- 26. also known as rebirth whereas an individual soul or spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved.
- 27. group of speakers
- 28. Gautama the founder of Buddhism.
- 30. Noble Truth the way to end suffering is to end all desires
Down
- 1. A wall of the highest mountains in the world --- the Hindu, Kush, Karakorum, and Himalayan ranges--- seperates this region from the rest of the Asian Continent.
- 2. group of nomadic people's who may have come from the steppes
- 3. movements of a people from one region to another
- 4. they have a sacred literature that left a picture of Aryan Life.
- 8. also called as Asia Minor
- 9. is a collection of religious beliefs that developed slowly over a long period of time.
- 10. another Indo-European people whose homeland was probably somewhere between the Caspian and Aral seas.
- 11. good or bad deeds that influences specific life circumstances.
- 14. also known as the protector
- 18. is when the person achieves the perfect understanding
- 20. one of the greatest epics of India
- 22. civilization the Indus valley civilization is sometimes refered to this because of the many archeological discoveries made at that site.
- 23. an explorer from Portugal encountered this social system and called the groups
- 25. Four Noble Truths Buddha finally understood his enlightenments and called those ideas.
- 29. a great mother goddess