The Subcontinent of India

2. is the third-largest religion behind Christianity and Islam.
4. steel For centuries, the Arabs obtained ____________ fine from India for weapons.
6. were the majority population across the Indian subcontinent before being invaded by the Aryans.
8. The greatest ruler of the Maurya Empire who extended his dominion southward until he controlled over two thirds of the Indian subcontinent.
10. “Enlightened One”
14. a continuous process of rebirth.
15. a strict division of social classes.

1. Between A.D. 320 and 535, the __________, another native Indian dynasty, established their rule over north- ern India and inaugurated India’s “golden age.”
3. Because its geography is so distinctly separated from the rest of Asia, India is often called a _______________.
5. Buddhism sprang from the mind of an upper-caste Hindu nobleman named
7. a spiritual state of mind known as____________, in which the soul is completely oblivious of the self and of the world.
9. a cotton mate- rial with usually a checked or figured print, was named for Calicut, a city in India where it was first manufactured.
11. Although Hindus worship a host of deities, they believe that these gods are only manifestations of one absolute, impersonal, universal spirit they call __________.
12. hordes of fierce barbarians who invaded India from the northwest.
13. River Valley Indian civilization first arose about 2000 B.C. upon the fertile plains of the ______________________in parts of modern-day India and Pakistan.