Ancient India and China

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC (5)
  2. 4. The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation (5)
  3. 6. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste (plural) (7)
  4. 10. Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic (9)
  5. 11. An ancient language of India (8)
  6. 14. A sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival (11)
  7. 15. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India (7)
  8. 16. Any of several breeds of Indian cattle (7)

Down

  1. 1. Any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit (plural) (5)
  2. 3. The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation (7)
  3. 5. Philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life (6)
  4. 7. The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal (8)
  5. 8. A believer in the teachings of ___ (9)
  6. 9. One of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed (7)
  7. 12. A member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste (plural) (10)
  8. 13. Imperial dynasty that ruled China and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy (3)