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Consider the following statements
1. During the later vedic period, the Aryan settlements covered virtually the whole of the Northern India.
2. It mentions vindhya mountain.
3. In Taittariya Brahmana, we notice the theory of the divine origin of kingship.
4. Ugras in the upanishad, was probably a police official.
Choose the correct statements by the codes given below


A) 1 and 4

B) 2 and 3

C) 1, 2 and 4

D) All of these

Correct Answer:
C) 1, 2 and 4


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