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 complex Sanskrit verses.
Reason: Puranic texts were part of the of the process of disseminating Brahmanical ideas.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The correct answer is Option 3 - The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Assertion: Puranic texts were composed in SIMPLE Sanskrit verses. (CORRECT VERSION OF ASSERTION )

Reason: Puranic texts were part of the of the process of disseminating Brahmanical ideas.

The integration of cults:

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. At the same time, there was a second process at work – that of the Brahmanas accepting and reworking the beliefs and practices of these and other social categories. In fact, many beliefs and practices were shaped through a continuous dialogue between what sociologists have described as “great” Sanskritic Puranic traditions and “little” traditions throughout the land.