Consider the following statements regarding the agricultural revolution in the middle Gangetic plains during the Mahajanapadas period:
1. The widespread adoption of wet paddy transplantation known as Shali cultivation exponentially increased agricultural yield.
2. This high-yield surplus directly enabled the state to extract stable taxes to maintain a permanent standing army.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements are correct. The second urbanization was anchored in a major agro-technical leap. Instead of broadcasting seeds directly, farmers sprouted seeds in beds and transplanted the seedlings into flooded mud fields (Shali system). This doubled the grain survival rate, generating an immense food surplus that supported specialized city populations and fueled state revenue systems.

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