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"Purusa-Sukta"
Purusa is the lord of the immortals, who grow by means of [ritual] food. When the gods performed a sacrifice with the offering Purusa, spring was its clarified butter, summer the kindling, autumn the oblation.
It was Purusa, born in the beginning, which they sprinkled on the sacred grass as a sacrifice. It made the beasts of the air, the forest and the village. From that sacrifice completely offered, the mantras [Rig Veda] and the songs [Samaveda] were born. The sacrificial formulae [Yajurveda] were born from it. From it the horses were born and all that have cutting teeth in both jaws. The cows were born from it, also. From it were born goats and sheep.
When they divided Purusa, how many ways did they apportion him? What was his mouth? What were his arms? What were his thighs, his feet declared to be? His mouth was the Brahman, his arms were the Rajanaya [Ksatriya], his thighs the Vaisya; from his feet the Sudra was born. Thus, they fashioned the worlds. The gods sacrificed with the sacrifice to the sacrifice. These were the first rites.
—Hymns excerpted and adapted from the Rig Veda, oldest surviving literary work, India, 1500–1000 BCE
Which of the following statements is supported by the information in the passage above?

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  1. The caste system was a purely social construct that reflected its time period.
  2. The caste system was encouraged by regional princes to reinforce social stability.
  3. The caste system reinforced Indian identity in the face of Muslim invaders.
  4. The caste system was integral to the Hindu religion, transcending historical eras.

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