Assertion (A): India's transition into the Iron Age was marked by the production of advanced types of iron including forged iron, wrought iron, and cast iron.
Reasoning (R): The Harappan civilization’s expertise was primarily in bronze metallurgy, which implies that subsequent civilizations developed advanced iron metallurgy techniques without the influence of their predecessors.
Choose the correct answer from below:
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.
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A is false, but R is true.