Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Emperor Asoka in his Rock edict - XIII says, he maintains equal respect for Brahmanas and Sravanas
Reason (R): He believed in Sarv dharma samabhava
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.