In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.
Assertion: Puranic texts were composed in simple Sanskrit verses.
Reasoning: These were explicitly meant to be accessible to women and Shudras, who were generally excluded from Vedic learning.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Historians who have tried to understand these developments suggest that there were at least two processes at work. One was a process of disseminating Brahmanical ideas. This is exemplified by the composition, compilation and preservation of Puranic texts in simple Sanskrit verse, explicitly meant to be accessible to women and Shudras, who were generally excluded from Vedic learning.