South Asia

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Across
  1. 1. major river that brought civilization to South Asia, located in modern Pakistan
  2. 6. place where civilizations began and spread
  3. 7. fixed social class into which a person is born
  4. 10. major movie production region or Bombay
  5. 13. hired soldiers
  6. 16. priests
  7. 20. division of society into four main groups by the Aryans
  8. 21. practice of businesses to send jobs to other areas outside of ht company and county
  9. 22. major river of Northern India
  10. 23. system of courts that provide justice
  11. 25. flat land along rivers where farming is abundant
  12. 27. ethnic group from the mountains of Nepal
  13. 29. major religion of South Asia, began by Siddhartha
  14. 30. to divide
  15. 34. use of crops grown by farmers to feed themselves with very little left over to sell
  16. 38. way of farming began in the 1960s to use technology to increase agricultural production
  17. 39. most important language of ancient India
  18. 40. main river and all of the other rivers and streams that drain into it
Down
  1. 2. democracy not based on religion
  2. 3. land south of the Himalaya Mountains that was once a large landmass that eventually connected with Asia
  3. 4. focusing of the mind on spiritual matters
  4. 5. trade company that took control of much of India in the early 1800s
  5. 6. fortified area
  6. 8. freedom fighter for India who preached nonviolence
  7. 9. Members of India's "lowest" caste; literally, "broken people." Also called "Untouchables."
  8. 11. landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits
  9. 12. rulers and warriors
  10. 13. seasonal winds
  11. 14. special building used to hold grain
  12. 15. state or understanding that releases the soul from birth and rebirth
  13. 17. tallest mountain range in the world, major range of South Asia
  14. 18. landowners, bankers, merchants
  15. 19. major cities of early Indian civilizations
  16. 24. policy of India to not ally itself with either the US or USSR in the Cold War
  17. 26. farmers, laborers, servants
  18. 28. long poems of adventure and conflict
  19. 31. increase in the percentage of people who live in cities
  20. 32. major religion of South Asia today, descended from the beliefs of the Aryans
  21. 33. collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India
  22. 35. process of rebirth
  23. 36. avoidance of violent actions
  24. 37. thinkers and teachers