Consider the following statements regarding the high-status state sacrifices of the Later Vedic phase:
1. The Vajapeya sacrifice centered on a highly staged chariot race where the king's chariot was engineered to win, designed to renew the physical vigor of an aging chief.
2. The Rajasuya sacrifice was a complex royal consecration ritual that uniquely featured a formal game of dice to symbolically establish the king's supreme judicial authority.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements are correct. Later Vedic rituals transformed tribal chiefs into territorial sovereigns. The Vajapeya (drink of strength) included a chariot race elevating the king from Rajan to Samrat. The Rajasuya included a symbolic dice game managed by the king to demonstrate that he was now the ultimate fountainhead of law and justice over the territory.

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