Q. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : The growth of regional politics in early medieval India was accompanied by the composition of royal biographies by court poets. Reason (R) : Sandhyakaranandin’s Ramacharita is written in slesa style and simultaneously tells the story of the epic hero Rama and the Pala King Ramapala. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

1. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
2. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
3. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
4. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).