Consider the following statements regarding material culture horizons matching the Vedic text traditions:
1. The Early Vedic phase aligns with late Ochre Coloured Pottery horizons in the upper doab, exhibiting localized nomadic traits.
2. The Mature Painted Grey Ware horizons display a sedentary agro-technological pattern rich in iron weapons and iron agricultural tools.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements are correct. Material archaeology links the early pastoral Aryans with late copper-hoard Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) traces in North India. As the transition to the Later Vedic phase completed, the matrix stabilized into the Painted Grey Ware (PGW) horizon, where the discovery of extensive iron smelting units and slag confirmed a powerful sedentary economy matching the text transformations.

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