$B^{2}=\left[\begin{array}{lll}0 & a & a \\ 0 & 0 & b \\ 0 & 0 & 0\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{lll}0 & a & a \\ 0 & 0 & b \\ 0 & 0 & 0\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{lll}0 & 0 & a b \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0\end{array}\right]$
$B^{3}=0$
$\therefore A^{n}=(1+B)^{n}={ }^{n} C_{0} I+{ }^{n} C_{1} B+{ }^{n} C_{2} B^{2}+{ }^{n} C_{3} B^{3}+$
$=\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 0 & n a & n a \\ 0 & 0 & n b \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 0 & 0 & \frac{n(n-1) a b}{2} \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \end{array}\right]$
$=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & n a & n a+\frac{n(n-1)}{2} a b \\ 0 & 1 & n b \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 48 & 2160 \\ 0 & 1 & 48 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]$
On comparing we get $n a=48, n b=96$ and
$n a+\frac{n(n-1)}{2} a b=2160$
$\Rightarrow a=4, n=12 \text { and } b=8$
$\quad n+a+b=24$