Information 1 is Correct: The Rigveda contains references to the use of an ashma chakra (stone pulley wheel) and ahava (strapped wooden pails) to draw water from wells. This provides direct evidence of well-based irrigation and supports the view that agriculture could expand beyond flood plains and river margins into areas with accessible groundwater.

Information 2 is Incorrect: While the Rigveda mentions agricultural implements such as parashu/kulisha (axe) and datra/sreni (sickle), these tools are associated with land clearance, cultivation, and harvesting. They do not directly provide evidence for well irrigation or the use of draught animals in lifting water.

Information 3 is Correct: There is evidence of the use of oxen as draught animals even before the Rigvedic period for ploughing fields and pulling carts. This supports the inference that draught-animal power could have been employed for drawing water from wells, thereby supporting the second statement.

Therefore, the correct option is C (1 and 3 only), as Information 1 and Information 3 support the given statements, whereas Information 2 does not.