Unit 8 | South Asia | Vocab | Vol. II

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Across
  1. 2. a social structure in India composed of four main levels, which started by the Aryans
  2. 3. the language of the Aryans, which became the basis for many languages in South Asia
  3. 6. nomads who migrated from Central Asia into the Indus Valley around 2000 BCE
  4. 7. the nonviolent disobeying of laws
  5. 10. one of the holy books of Hinduism. It was written about 2,000 years ago
  6. 13. a religion in northwest India started in the late 500s CE
  7. 17. the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit
  8. 18. a religion started in India in the late 1400s C.E.
  9. 19. a religion founded in Saudi Arabia in the early 500s CE. Its the largest minority religion in India started in the late 500s CE
Down
  1. 1. the leader at the height of the Mauryan Empire, around 250 BCE
  2. 4. a famous building built as a tomb for Shah Jahan's wife in India in the 1600s.
  3. 5. a religion founded in 525 BCE in India by Siddhartha Gautama
  4. 8. cut off from others, separation or being set apart from others
  5. 9. a group of peoples or states ruled by a strong single ruler
  6. 11. a god or goddess
  7. 12. religion practiced by ore than 60 percent of the population of South Asia
  8. 14. refers to the division of South Asia into the independent countries of India and Pakistan
  9. 15. a set of stories, traditions, and beliefs
  10. 16. related to the first urban civilization in South Asia along the Indus River around 2600 BCE