Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Harshavardhana, according to the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, not only followed Buddhism, but also had a marked antipathy to the Brahmanical religion. Reason (R): Some seals which refer to his elder brother as a Buddhist describe Harsha as a devoted Saiva. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct? Codes:

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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Harshavardhana, according to the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, not only followed Buddhism, but also had a marked antipathy to the Brahmanical religion. Reason (R): Some seals which refer to his elder brother as a Buddhist describe Harsha as a devoted Saiva. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct? Codes: