1. South Asia Vocabulary

2. The most famous building in India, a tomb built for the wife of a Mughal emperor.

4. A large ancient city in the Indus River valley.

6. A hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific Ocean

8. An inherited social class of traditional Hindu society that separates people from other classes by birth,occupation, or wealth.

10. A village council in India

12. Small fragments of rock or other materials that can be moved around by wind, water,or ice .

14. A large landmass that is part of a continent but that has its own geographic identity.

16. In India, a group formed in 1885 to provide a forum for Indians to discuss their problems.

18. Money or property given by a bride’s family to her new husband and his family.

20. A regional variety of language

22. A member of an ethnic group that migrated from what is now southern Russia, settling in India.

24. The Books of Knowledge of the ancient Aryans which were the basis of Hinduism

26. Indian leader who encouraged his followers to use nonviolence to resist the British and bring about social change.

28. A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan’s government in 1996.

30. Includes computers, software, and the Internet, that helps us process and use information.

32. A mountain range that stretches about 1,500 miles across south-central Asia.

34. A fibrous plant used to make twine, and burlap.

36. A language spoken in Pakistan

38. A seasonal wind brings a great amount of rain

40. A member of a group of people in India formerly known as “untouchables”.

42. The classical language of India and Hinduism

44. A temporary military rule during a time of war when the normal government has broken down.

46. A religion developed in ancient India

48. Mauryan emperor who created a unified government

50. A series or chain of islands

52. A movement begun in the 1960’s which introduced new farming methods to developing nations.

54. Related to the family of languages that includes almost all European and many Indian languages.

56. The official language of Pakistan.

58. An empire lasting from 1526-1707 that covered most of the subcontinent of India.

60. A group formed by Muslims in in India in 1906 to protect their rights.