Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): When Nizam ul Mulk arrived in the Deccan as the Viceroy in 1714, he refused to accept Daud Khan's agreement for the payment of the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan to Shahu. Reason (R): Nizam ul Mulk inflicted a couple of defeats on them, and destroyed the small mud forts which they had built in every district and which served as a base of attack or a place of refuge to the Maratha bands. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

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