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