Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
**Statement I:** For early societies, historians retrieve information about elite families mostly from inscriptions.
**Statement II:** Satavahana inscriptions generally end with the term Putra, a Prakrit word meaning 'son'.

Q: What is unique about Satavahana royal names?

They often utilized metronymics (names derived from the mother), such as Gautamiputra Satakarni, indicating the status of women in royal lineages.

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C. Historians use inscriptions to study early elite families. The term 'Putra' used in Satavahana records is a Sanskrit word for son, not Prakrit.

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A. Both the statements are individually true and Statements II is the correct explanation of Statement I

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B. Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

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D. Statement I is false but Statement II is true