Assertion: Some historians feel that the Kushanas considered themselves godlike.

Reason: Colossal statues of Kushana rulers have been found installed in a shrine at Mat near Mathura and in a shrine in Afghanistan as well.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Colossal statues of Kushana rulers have been found installed in a shrine at Mat near Mathura (Uttar Pradesh). Similar statues have been found in a shrine in Afghanistan as well. Some historians feel this indicates that the Kushanas considered themselves godlike. Many Kushana rulers also adopted the title devaputra, or “son of god”, possibly inspired by Chinese rulers who called themselves sons of heaven.