India, that is Bharat

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Across
  1. 2. The ancient Persian geographical term derived from ‘Sindhu’.
  2. 4. The term used by Ashoka for the Indian Subcontinent.
  3. 5. The “snowy mountains” referred to in ancient texts.
  4. 8. The name meaning “country of the Bharatas”.
  5. 9. The river from which many foreign names of India are derived.
  6. 12. The modern document that begins with “India, that is Bharat”.
Down
  1. 1. The ancient text that describes India as north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains.
  2. 3. The Persian term that later became commonly used for India.
  3. 6. The ancient epic that lists regions like Kashi, Kerala, and Kutch.
  4. 7. The Chinese traveller who visited India in the 7th century CE.
  5. 10. The Greek name for India derived from ‘Hindu’.
  6. 11. The most ancient text of India that mentions Sapta Sindhava.