With reference to the judicial administration in early medieval Rajput clans, consider the following statements:
1. The central state maintained a network of uniform civil courts presided over by trained judges across all rural villages.
2. The local feudal chief exercised supreme judicial authority within his fief, rendering justice based on customary clan law and local traditions.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Statement 1 is incorrect because there was no highly institutionalized or uniform judicial apparatus under central bureaucratic control. Statement 2 is correct; decentralization meant that justice was localized. The Samantas/fief lords handled disputes within their border territories according to traditional customs, and the king rarely intervened unless it threatened total crown security.

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