Across
- 2. The sacred ancient texts in Hinduism
- 5. one of two official names for India
- 6. a disputed region between India, Pakistan, and China
- 9. homegrown, belonging to one’s own country
- 10. a country on the North East border
- 12. countless endogamous groups that fit into the varna system
- 13. the split of British India into India and Pakistan
- 15. a system of social division into four groups theoretically based on people's occupation as priests, kings, traders, and laborers
- 17. the belief in intrinsic differences between people, races, genders, countries
- 19. the first Prime Minister of independent India
- 21. a synonym for "mutiny" of 1857
- 22. the youngest religion on the subcontinent
- 24. "untouchable"
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- 1. a Hindu concept for one's ethical paths, duties, and proper conduct
- 3. languages spoken in South India
- 4. a common title of M.K. Gandhi, meaning sage or "great soul"
- 7. antagonism between religious or ethnic groups
- 8. the belief that the East is radically different from the West
- 11. the highest Universal Principle and the Ultimate Reality in Hinduism
- 14. a Sanskrit word for "rule" by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947
- 16. a list of castes and tribes eligible for quotas
- 18. Indian government pledge to respect all religions equally
- 20. ____ territory and state are two types of administrative divisions of the Republic of India
- 23. Largest minority religion of India