Indian History not Mythology

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Across
  1. 5. Battlefield of a righteous but devastating war
  2. 7. Commander of the gods; also called Skanda
  3. 8. Future avatar who ends the Kali Yuga
  4. 9. Young hero who pierced the Chakravyuha
  5. 11. Axe-bearing avatar, warrior-sage who challenges arrogant rulers
  6. 12. Devotee who leaps the ocean; bearer of a mountain
  7. 14. Eagle mount, famed foe of serpents; vahana of Vishnu
  8. 15. Prince of Ayodhya
  9. 16. God of thunder and lightning
  10. 19. Poet-sage who composed the Ramayana
  11. 20. Princess of Mithila; ideal of devotion and virtue
Down
  1. 1. Serpent god around Shivji's neck
  2. 2. Traveling sage with a veena; messenger among worlds
  3. 3. Archer who learned without formal instruction, Cut off his thumb
  4. 4. Spinning discus weapon that returns to the hand
  5. 6. Terrific archer; Suryaputra (son of the Sun)
  6. 10. Boar who lifts Mother Earth from the cosmic ocean
  7. 13. Divine elephant and mount of Indra
  8. 17. Preserver in the Trimurti; source of the Dashavatar
  9. 18. Fish avatar who rescues the Vedas and rishis during the deluge