Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Chola King Rajendra expanded his kingdom through his powerful maritime expeditions into Sumatra and Malaya, but later lost interest in further campaigns.
Reason (R): Later Cholas got involved in wars with the Chalukyas and had to withdraw their troops back to the mainland.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
3
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
4
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct.