Given below are two statements –one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In Ancient Indian Historiography we can feel the comparable lack of a chronological sense which makes it difficult to ascertain precise dates for the events.
Reason (R): This chronological difficulty is of two kinds—one, the absence of the dates of events; and the other, the lack of universal applicability even when the date is indicated.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?
1
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3
(A) is true, but (R) is false
4
(A) is false , but (R) is true