Across
- 2. About 30% of the population speaks this language
- 4. The next highest varna, which consists of leaders/rulers and landowners
- 6. The guidelines of behavior for each level of society
- 10. The lowest varna, consisting of manual workers
- 11. The highest varna, or class, based on the "purity" of the role of the people in it (as the varna becomes lower, so does the purity of the varna's role), consisting of teachers and priests
- 12. The centuries-old, abolished social heriachy which was based on occupation
- 13. A religion that preaches achieving the state of wanting nothing
- 14. Also known as "untouchables", these are the people who perform roles that others would consider extremely impure. These jobs, such as disposing of dead bodies, are so unclean that the people responsible for them are completely separate from the rest of the system
- 15. Groups of people whose birth determined their social standing (this form of categorizing people ended in 1947 but still has a strong influence today)
- 18. The (blank) stretches from India's border with Pakistan across the northern portion of India towards Bangladesh
- 19. One of the 28 states of India, located in the northern, mountainous region. Major controversy surrounds this state because of its location.
- 20. A major river that flows from the mountains in northwestern India eastward into the Bay of Bengal
Down
- 1. A mountain range that borders/separates India from the rest of Asia
- 3. A religion that believes that everything in nature has a soul
- 5. This land feature covers most of the southern peninsula of India
- 7. Seasonal winds that bring dry air from the north in winter months, and moist air from the south in summer months
- 8. A polytheistic religion that believes in reincarnation and karma
- 9. This is the current population of India
- 16. The third highest varna, which is made up of businessmen, merchants, doctors, and farmers
- 17. A religion that combines the values of Hinduism and Islam