Regarding the origin of the Rajputs, colonial historians like James Tod argued for a foreign origin theory. Which of the following arguments was primarily used by him to support this hypothesis?
1. The strong architectural similarities between Rajput forts and Roman villas.
2. Ideological similarities in warfare, horse-worship, and weapon rituals between Rajputs and Central Asian Scythians/Sakas.

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Statement 1 is absurd and incorrect. Statement 2 is correct because colonial historians like James Tod emphasized behavioral and cultural parallels (such as a passion for war, horse veneration, and sword worship) to argue that Rajputs were descendants of central Asian nomadic invaders like Sakas, Hunas, and Kushanas who settled in India.

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