With reference to the social evolution during the Rajput period, consider the following statements:
1. The Kayastha community, which originally arose as a professional class of scribes and record-keepers, consolidated into a distinct caste during this period.
2. The rigid reinforcement of the clan system (Kula) prevented any form of social mobility within the lower sub-castes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Statement 1 is correct; the Kayastha community formalized into a caste due to the high demand for maintaining complex feudal land records. Statement 2 is incorrect because there was proliferation of sub-castes, and several local tribes managed to assimilate into the lower rungs of Rajput hierarchy through Sanskritization.

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