Consider the following statements:

Assertion(A): After campaigning for nearly two years, Alexander, The Great, left India in 325 B.C.
Reason (R): He was defeated by Chandra Gupta Maurya.

Now, select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:

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

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 1998 (GS Paper I)