Consider the following statements regarding the participation of women in the intellectual assemblies of the Upanishadic period: 1. Maitreyi, the wife of Sage Yajnavalkya, rejected material wealth offered by her husband, famously asking, 'What should I do with that which will not make me immortal?' 2. Gargi Vachaknavi was a prominent natural philosopher who challenged Yajnavalkya on the origin and support of all existence in the court of King Janaka. 3. The active participation of women like Gargi and Maitreyi indicates that women had equal rights to perform complex Shrauta sacrifices in the Later Vedic period. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Options:

• A: 2 and 3 only
• B: 1 and 3 only
• C: 1 and 2 only
• D: 1, 2 and 3

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