Consider the following statements regarding the institutional evolution of political assemblies in the Later Vedic phase:
1. The Sabha transformed from an egalitarian kin-based tribal gathering into an elite royal court dominated by aristocrats and priests.
2. The king exerted greater unilateral control over the assembly, utilizing it to endorse fiscal extractions rather than tribal asset distribution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements trace accurate political centralization. As territory stabilized, the democratic features of the Rigvedic assemblies decayed. The Samiti disappeared, and the Sabha was stripped of its popular folk dimensions, mutating into an exclusive advisory council that validated the sovereign power of the monarch and institutionalized regular taxation.

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