In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: In the Mughal Court the place accorded to a courtier by the ruler was a sign of his importance in the eyes of the emperor.

Reason:  In the Mughal court, status was determined by spatial proximity to the king.

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

The physical arrangement of the court, focused on the sovereign, mirrored his status as the heart of society. Its centrepiece was therefore the throne, the takht, which gave physical form to the function of the sovereign as axis mundi. The canopy, a symbol of kingship in India for a millennium, was believed to separate the radiance of the sun from that of the sovereign. Chronicles lay down with great precision the rules defining status amongst the Mughal elites. In court, status was determined by spatial proximity to the king. The place accorded to a courtier by the ruler was a sign of his importance in the eyes of the emperor. Once the emperor sat on the throne, no one was permitted to move from his position or to leave without permission.