Given below are two statements: One is labelled as assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: The 5th Pillar Edict of Aśoka gives a list of animals that are not to be killed under any circumstances.
Reason R: The king Ashoka thought that the animals that are neither useful nor edible should not be killed.
In the 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