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Correct Answer: Option (C) — A is true but R is false
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedAssertion (A) is correct: Shah Jahan dispatched major expeditions to the northwest frontiers (Balkh, Badakhshan, and Kandahar), sending princes Murad, Aurangzeb, and Dara Shikoh to lead sieges at Kandahar. Reason (R) is false: The Mughal expeditions to Kandahar and Central Asia failed to achieve long-term objectives, resulting in severe financial loss and the permanent loss of Kandahar to the Safavids.
Extravagant praise like 'marvelous success' for Mughal Central Asian and Kandahar campaigns is historically inaccurate, as all three Kandahar sieges were costly failures.
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