Which among the following served as centres of learning and teaching during the ancient period in the southern parts of India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Agraharas, Ghatika and Brahmapuri served as centres of learning and teaching in ancient southern India.

Statement 1, Agraharas, were villages granted to learned Brahmins that became seats of education.

Statement 2, Ghatika, were institutions of higher learning often attached to temples.

Statement 3, Brahmapuri, were settlements of scholars engaged in teaching.

Statement 4, Maktabas, were Islamic elementary schools of the medieval period, not ancient southern centres.

These southern institutions nurtured Vedic, Sanskrit and religious studies.