Across
- 2. in Hinduism, this means freedom from reincarnation
- 5. there are this many Noble Truths
- 8. the rebirth of one's soul into a new body
- 11. the founder of the Mauryan Empire was ____________ Maurya
- 12. The _________ Empire ruled what is now India 500 years after Maurya
- 14. body of water west of India
- 16. this determines how one is reborn in Hinduism, the effects of one's actions
- 18. a fortified or walled area of a city
- 19. in Buddhism, this means a state of blissful peace
- 20. a period of time named after the Indo-Aryan books containing sacred hymns
Down
- 1. a seasonal wind
- 3. most famous ruler of Mauryan Empire, follower of Buddhism
- 4. Hinduism is _____________, meaning it has many gods
- 6. mountain range to the north of the Indian subcontinent
- 7. groupings in the caste system based on one's skills
- 9. location of the earliest civilization in India (7000BCE - 1700BCE)
- 10. Siddartha Gautama became known as The __________
- 13. the language of the Indo-Aryans
- 15. the religion of the Indo-Aryans
- 17. the _______ System was based on fixed social classes