Across
- 4. Job or duty in life.
- 7. Merchants.
- 9. Preserver God.
- 14. Seasonal winds.
- 15. One of the 2 Indian rivers.
- 17. Name of the Indian subcontinent.
- 18. Extremely rigid social structure in ancient India where your class depends on your birth.
- 20. One of the 2 Indian mountains ranges.
- 22. Grandson of Chandragupta, violent and warlike similarly to Chandragupta early in life, after Battle of Kalinga he sees all of the suffering he caused and converts to Buddhism.
- 24. Large city in India with criss crossing streets, tan brick roads and buildings, plumbing, a large bath, and a citadel with surrounding walls.
- 25. Rulers, Warriors, & Landowners.
- 26. Destroyer God.
- 27. Name given to all cultures in early Indus River Valley.
- 29. Everyone suffers; suffering comes from somewhere; suffering can be ended; follow the Eightfold Path.
- 31. Also called Pariahs; social outcastes.
Down
- 1. Deeds or actions.
- 2. “Enlightened One” or “Awakened.”
- 3. Oldest and most sacred Hindu text.
- 5. One of the 2 Indian rivers.
- 6. One of the 2 Indian mountains ranges.
- 8. Cycle of rebirth; reincarnation.
- 10. Priests and Scholars.
- 11. Someone who gives up all pleasures to try and better understand life.
- 12. Artisans & Farmers.
- 13. A way of life that avoids extremes.
- 16. The way Siddhartha encouraged people to live their life so they can end suffering.
- 19. Large part of a continent that has its own unique culture and is often physically separate from the rest of the continent.
- 21. Release from the reincarnation cycle.
- 23. Indian king that grew up poor for his own protection, becomes a military leader, defeats the Greeks, and becomes King of India, starting the Mauryan Dynasty.
- 28. Great wealth
- 30. Creator God.