Across
- 3. Around 300 BC these people invaded India, disrupting life and paving the way for the Maurya Empire (325 BC – 175 BC) to expand
- 7. From about 1500 BCE these people were the first group of foreigners to invade the Indian sub-continent
- 8. All Hindus belong to one of these
- 9. Siddharta Gautama is considered the founder
- 11. This long poem recounts how prince Arjun learned the importance of doing one's duty, even if it means killing
- 13. The god who drove Arjun's chariot and helped him understand that he must let go of attachment and free himself petty concerns like reward and punishment
- 15. The oldest of the ancient collections of hymns, it tells of the power of the gods to control nature and bestow rewards and punishments
- 16. This group is the lowest in Hindu society
Down
- 1. The legends, myths, and battle hymns of the invaders of the Indian sub-continent were eventually written down and called this
- 2. The site where the Buddha gave his first sermon and where his first students lived. Today one of the holiest places in India
- 4. The heroine of the Ramayana whose undying loyalty and sense of duty compel her to accompany her husband into exile
- 5. Aryans had four main social classes. This was the top class
- 6. The exiled prince who triumphs over adversity, proving to be the epitome of righteousness in one of the world's most influential stories
- 10. The way to improve the quality of one's life in the next life is to follow this
- 12. This helps explain why the status and the quality of one's life now is the result of what happened in a previous life
- 14. Birthplace of Siddharta Gautama