With reference to the difference between the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and Indus Valley people, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail and helmet in warfare whereas the people of Indus Valley Civilization did not leave any evidence of using them.
2. Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver and copper whereas Indus Valley people knew only copper and iron.
3. Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated the horse whereas there is no evidence of Indus Valley people having been aware of this animal.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

NEW NCERT Class 12, Ch. 1, page 10

• All the gold jewellery found at Harappan sites was recovered from hoards.

Tamilnadu Class 11, Page 21

• Harappan men and women wore ornaments made of gold, silver, copper, bronze and semi precious stones.

Tamilnadu Class 11, Page 20

• The use of horse is not yet firmly established.

Indian History by Krishna Reddy, Page A93

• The presence of horse in is attested to in Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Ropar and Lothal, but is restricted to the later phase of Harappan culture.

Ancient Indian History, RS Sharma, Page 98

• The horse also appears in the later or the post-urban Harappan phase at Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Lothal and roper.  The existence of horse has not been reported from most recent excavations at Harappa in 1986-95. In Dholarvia Kutch, there is no indication of any bones of the horse.

A L Basham's Cultural History of India, Page 17

• The data about camel and horse are less conclusive.

R.C. Majumdar's Advanced History of India, page 19

• The remains of skeletons prove that the humped bull, buffalo, camel were domesticated. There are some doubts about the horse. [so even Majumdar and Basham would differ about Camel!]

A History of Ancient & Medieval India, Upinder Singh (Pearson), Page 157

• The issue of horse is controversial and hinges on the stratigraphic context in which the remains have been found and the identification of the species they belong to. For instance, it is not easy to ascertain whether the bones in question belongs to half ass or domesticated horse….While horse bones may not be completely absent at the Harappan sites, they're not prolific either.