Indus River Valley

4. Weather that occurs all year round
6. A person's actions determine his destiny in his next life. What you do in this life, determines the next.
7. Winds come in the summer and blow from the southwest. It picks up moisture over the Indian ocean and drenches India with rain.
10. This is the group of people in India outside (below) the caste system.
11. Buddhist teaching about the way to achieve nirvana and get rid of suffering
12. A Hindu set of strict social classes that determined not only a person's occupation and position in society.
15. Main religion of India.
16. members of the upper class of ancient India society that were priests, teachers, judges, scholars
19. laborers, farmhands and servants (unskilled workers)
21. Another name for the Indus Valley Civilization, named after the city archaeologist first excavated in the Indus Valley.
24. Being reborn into another body after death.
25. A belief in the existence of gods or god.
26. a journey to a special or usual place usually for holy/ religious purposes.
27. books of knowledge in the Hindu religion
28. A large landmass that juts out from a continent.
30. is considered sacred to Hindus and is used for spiritual cleansing, funeral rites, and other Hindu rituals.
31. tribal leaders or chiefs
32. The spreading and blending of different cultures.

1. Mountain range that separates India from the rest of Asia that includes the tallest mountain in the world.
2. One of the two of the biggest cities in the Indus valley, famous for its grid-like city planning.
3. One of the two of the biggest cities in the Indus valley, famous for its grid-like city planning.
5. Suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and to bring suffering to an end you cannot desire.
8. Another name for untouchables.
9. One of the highest ranges in the world that is a barrier between India and Arabian Peninsula. It has a one of the only pathways to India called the Khyber Pass.
13. way of life considered a religion started by Siddhartha Gautama taught through the followings of the 4 Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
14. How you work and do your job in the caste system.
17. He was an Indian prince and the founder of Buddhism. He looked for a way to end the suffering in the world. The term "Buddha" means "Enlightened One".
18. a fortress sitting on top of a hill
20. A nomadic, polytheistic warrior peoples. They moved to the Indus River Valley from over the Hindu-Kush mountains to the West through the Khyber Pass.
22. commoners including farmers, merchants and artisans
23. members of the army, warriors, and rulers
29. A great civilization arose in the Indus River Valley also known as Harappan civilization after the big city civilizations of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro.