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5. Famous Sanskrit work of literature completed during the Gupta golden age that contains Hindu philosophy
6. Nomadic horsemen who invaded India during the time of the Gupta Empire
7. Ancient Vedic religion of India
8. Release from cycle of death and rebirth; the goal of Hinduism
9. Gupta mathematician who invented the base 10 number system and made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics
10. The priest (highest) caste in India's social caste system
16. Emperor and military leader who expanded the Gupta Empire to its greatest size and whose reign began a golden age
19. Irrational number crucial for calculations relating to circles and spheres
20. Hindu belief in reincarnation, the idea that one is reborn after death
21. Lifestyle that involves the renouncing of worldly possessions in favor of spiritual pursuits
23. A group of people that are beneath the Hindu caste system (or the lowest level)
24. Ancient civilization from which many aspects of Indian culture, such as Hinduism, originated

1. supreme Hindu deity
2. Rebirth into a new body after death
3. Ancient civilization that developed along the Indus River and mysteriously disappeared
4. Hindu religious movement that places emphasis on devotion to a Hindu deity as a means to achieve moksha
7. The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India.
10. Offshoot of Hinduism that became popular in east and southeast Asia
11. Hindu belief in responsibilities & duties that govern a person's behavior and must be fulfilled to escape samsara
12. The empire that united most of India during the early medieval period
13. Religious offshoot of Hinduism that focuses on nonviolence.
14. Ancient Indian writing system, most common in literature
15. Hindu belief that social position of birth is determined by behavior in previous lives
17. A large river in northwest India
18. River in northeast India
22. Mongol Muslim Empire that conquered and ruled most of India during the late medieval period