Consider the following statements regarding the agricultural expansions described in Later Vedic texts:
1. The Shatapatha Brahmana details an elaborate royal plowing ritual led by the king to emphasize state support for sedentary farming.
2. The text explicitly mentions the utilization of heavy plows driven by teams of six, eight, or even twenty-four oxen to break the hard clay of the Gangetic valley.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements are correct. The Shatapatha Brahmana reflects a deep shift away from pastoral life toward extensive agriculture. It documents specialized state plowing rites and the introduction of heavy iron-shod wooden tillers drawn by dozens of oxen, necessary to cultivate the heavy alluvial soil of the Ganga-Yamuna doab.

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