Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** The First Jain Council held at Pataliputra failed to achieve a unified consensus between the northern and southern Jain groups. **Reason (R):** The southern group under Bhadrabahu refused to accept the compilation of the 12 Angas undertaken during the council under the leadership of Sthalabahu. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Options:

• 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.

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