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3. a large river in northwest India
4. Hindu belief that social position of birth is determined by behavior in previous lives
8. Buddhist temple built by the Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia
9. Hindu belief in reincarnation
12. the idea that one is reborn after death
14. the priest(highest)caste in India's social caste system
16. the empire that united most of India during the early medieval period
18. Irrational number crucial for calculations relating to circles and spheres
20. Ancient civilization that developed along the Indus RIver and mysteriously disappeared
22. Nomadic horseman who invaded India during the time of the Gupta Empire
24. release from cycle of death and rebirth; the goal of Hinduism
26. Emperor and military leader who expanded the Gupta Empire to its greatest size and whose reign began the golden age
28. the highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India
29. A complex society in ancient India that flourished between 1500-600 BCE

1. a group of people that are beneath the Hindu caste system(or the lowest level)
2. Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the epic Mahabharata. It is a synthesis of various strands of Indian religious thought,
5. River in notheast India
6. supreme Hindu deity
7. Hindu belief in responsibilities & duties that govern a person's behavior and must be fulfilled to escape samsara
10. Mongol Muslim Empire that conquered and ruled most of India during the late medieval period
11. Thalassocatic power in medieval Indonesia
13. Gupta mathematician,first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age.
15. religious offshoot of Hinduism that focuses on nonviolence
17. offshoot of Hinduism that became popular in east and southest Asia
19. Ancient Indian writing system, most common in literature
21. lifestyle that involves the renouncing of worldly possessions in favor of spiritual pursuits
23. a religion and way of life that originated in the Indus Valley
25. Hindu religious movement that places emphasis on devotion to a Hindu deity as a means to achieve Moksha
27. A state that is primarily maritime or an empire at sea