Across
- 2. A mountain range on the south eastern coast of India
- 4. A triangle-shaped area that lies between two mountain ranges in southern India
- 6. A collection of ancient writings viewed as sacred by many Hindus
- 7. A word meaning "enlightened"; also the man who founded Buddhism
- 10. Able to grow crops well
- 13. A concept in Hinduism about how good and evil in the past can determine what happens to one's soul in the future
- 15. A person who gives up world pleasures (Buddhism)
- 16. A class, or group, in Hindu society
- 17. A strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer
- 19. This river begins in the Himalayas and gets most of its water from snow melting in the Hindu Kush mountains
- 20. A fortress built to protect a city
- 21. A mountain range on the south western coast of India
Down
- 1. The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death
- 3. This mountain range forms a natural barrier between the Indus River Valley and Afghanistan
- 5. A flat area of land that is elevated about the land around it
- 7. A river that starts in the Himalayas and eventually joins the Ganges
- 8. A belief in Hinduism that a person has a duty to live an honorable life
- 9. One of the first major settlements in ancient India that became a center of the Indus valley civilization
- 10. The purpose of an object and hot it's used
- 11. A river that flows across most of Northern India and makes its way south through ice, rocks, mountains, and valleys
- 12. A landform made up mostly of sand and stone, with very little plant life
- 14. This mountain range is the highest in the world and forms a natural border between India and much of Asia
- 18. An ideal state of happiness and peace