Consider the following statements regarding the literary sources of the 16 Mahajanapadas: 1. The Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka provides the standard list of sixteen Mahajanapadas. 2. The Jain text Bhagvati Sutra contains a list of sixteen Mahajanapadas that is identical in nomenclature and geography to the Anguttara Nikaya list. 3. The Mahavastu, another Buddhist work, excludes Gandhara and Kamboja from its list, replacing them with Sibi and Dasarna. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Options:

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

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