Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R:Assertion A: Recurring peasant revolts in the late 17th and early 18th centuries are believed to have been a major cause of the decline of Mughal Empire.Reason R: Regional sentiments against a centralized Mughal State had not been there.In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?

• 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.