Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason(R): Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below.Assertion (A): Slavery was an institution that had long existed both in the south and north India.Reason (R): Lekhapaddhati mentions that slaves could not be obtained by capture in military raids or free persons could not offer themselves for slavery out of destitution.

• A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
• D. (A) is false, but (R) is true