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Across 5. farmers, artists, and merchants 8. only 57% of the land is this 10. dominant religion - oldest organized religion 11. second to only this country in population 14. chief Hindu God - the creator and world soul 15. Prime Minister that was assassinated by Tamil rebels 17. destiny 18. "Father of Indian Independence" 20. won the sympathy vote of the Indian people 22. Portuguese explorer 23. was elected president in July 2007, becoming the country's first woman to hold the post 28. India invented the ____and numeral in mathematics 29. it is really a subcontinent facing this on the south 31. a good soul is reborn after death into a higher status; a bad soul into a lower status or animal 33. Hindu holy city 35. workers and slaves 38. the capital 39. founder Siddharta Gautama 40. most famous river in India 41. men who wear long beards and turban

Down 1. majority origin of the people of India 2. believes in the sacredness of all life 3. the ____south includes coastal plains on both sides 4. rulers or warriors 6. part of where India is located in Asia 7. the caste system began as a race prejudice of the fair Aryans against these dark people 9. priests and scholars 12. Hindunistan in the north lies on the slope of the 13. Aryan origin 16. reflects the life and culture of the ancient Aryans of India 19. mother of the assassinated prime minister 21. modern Indian musician 24. prose texts containing overservation on religious rites 25. shape of India's peninsula 26. persons who do not belong to any class 27. class system of India 30. the _____Plateau in the center is bounded by the Gnats (mountains) on the east and west 32. India's name came from 34. The huge area (3,185,019 sq,km.) makes it larger than this continent, without the USSR 36. World's Largest Democracy 37. official language