Consider the following statements regarding the historical geographical divergence inside the Jaina community:
1. The Svetambara sect stabilized heavily across western India and Gujarat following the major regional famine in Magadha.
2. The canonical texts of the Svetambaras were finalized and written down at the famous Council of Valabhi under the leadership of Devardhi Kshamasramana.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements are correct. Following the twelve-year famine in Magadha, the section of monks led by Sthulabhadra stayed in the north and expanded west toward Gujarat and Rajasthan, formalizing the Svetambara line. Later around the fifth-sixth century CE, they organized the Council of Valabhi to comprehensively compile and write down their surviving scriptures or Agamas.

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