Early Civilization in India
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
s
o
n
Any wind that changes direction with the seasons
2.
a
n
r
i
An ancient language of India
3.
r
j
A prince or king in India
4.
s
y
s
t
e
A social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
5.
s
e
An occurrence of something
6.
i
n
i
m
A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on
7.
r
e
i
c
a
i
The Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes
8.
m
a
The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
9.
d
h
a
Basic principles of the cosmos
10.
g
a
Discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight
11.
u
h
i
s
A religion represented by the many groups that profess various forms of the ___ doctrine
13.
n
a
a
The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
15.
h
i
k
h
A mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
16.
h
a
n
s
A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas (plural)
17.
s
i
h
r
a
Founder of Buddhism