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  1. 5. Famous Sanskrit work of literature completed during the Gupta golden age that contains Hindu philosophy
  2. 6. Nomadic horsemen who invaded India during the time of the Gupta Empire
  3. 7. Ancient Vedic religion of India
  4. 8. Release from cycle of death and rebirth; the goal of Hinduism
  5. 9. Gupta mathematician who invented the base 10 number system and made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics
  6. 10. The priest (highest) caste in India's social caste system
  7. 16. Emperor and military leader who expanded the Gupta Empire to its greatest size and whose reign began a golden age
  8. 19. Irrational number crucial for calculations relating to circles and spheres
  9. 20. Hindu belief in reincarnation, the idea that one is reborn after death
  10. 21. Lifestyle that involves the renouncing of worldly possessions in favor of spiritual pursuits
  11. 23. A group of people that are beneath the Hindu caste system (or the lowest level)
  12. 24. Ancient civilization from which many aspects of Indian culture, such as Hinduism, originated
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  1. 1. supreme Hindu deity
  2. 2. Rebirth into a new body after death
  3. 3. Ancient civilization that developed along the Indus River and mysteriously disappeared
  4. 4. Hindu religious movement that places emphasis on devotion to a Hindu deity as a means to achieve moksha
  5. 7. The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India.
  6. 10. Offshoot of Hinduism that became popular in east and southeast Asia
  7. 11. Hindu belief in responsibilities & duties that govern a person's behavior and must be fulfilled to escape samsara
  8. 12. The empire that united most of India during the early medieval period
  9. 13. Religious offshoot of Hinduism that focuses on nonviolence.
  10. 14. Ancient Indian writing system, most common in literature
  11. 15. Hindu belief that social position of birth is determined by behavior in previous lives
  12. 17. A large river in northwest India
  13. 18. River in northeast India
  14. 22. Mongol Muslim Empire that conquered and ruled most of India during the late medieval period