Question

Assertion (A): The Ashokan inscriptions datable to the third century BCE refer to the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, and Satyaputras outside his empire in Tamilagam.
Reason (R): Ancient kings of Tamilagam commenced their political rule in the Iron Age.

Options

• A and R are correct and R explains A

• A and R are correct but R doesn’t explain A

• A is correct but R is incorrect

• A and R both are incorrect

Answer 1

A and R are correct and R explains A