Which of the following is/are true about the Dharamsutras and Dharmashastras ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The ideal order was laid down in the Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras. Brahmanas claimed that this order, in which they were ranked first, was divinely ordained, while placing groups classified as Shudras and “untouchables” at the very bottom of the social order.The Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras also contained rules about the ideal “occupations” of the four categories or varnas. Positions within the order were supposedly determined by birth.
So option 3 is incorrect.