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The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the capital, or head, of a column erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Sarnath, India, c.250 BCE. Its crowning features [ 1 ] are four life-sized lions set back to back on a drum-shaped abacus. The side of the abacus is adorned with wheels in relief, and interspersing them, four animals, a lion, an elephant, a ...
The State Emblem of India is an official seal of the Government of India. It is used as the national emblem of India and appears on official documents, currency and passports. The emblem was adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic. It is based on the Lion Capital of Ashoka, a sculpture that ...
This Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath has been adopted as the National Emblem of India and the wheel "Ashoka Chakra" from its base was placed onto the centre of the flag of India. The lions probably originally supported a Dharma Chakra wheel with 24 spokes, such as is preserved in the 13th century replica erected at Wat Umong near Chiang Mai ...
30 December 1947 (Dominion of India) [4] 26 January 1950 (Republic of India) [7] The national emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath consisting of four Asiatic lions standing back to back, symbolising power, courage, confidence and faith. [24] The lions are mounted on a circular abacus over a bell-shaped lotus.
Satyameva Jayate (lit. 'Truth alone triumphs') is a part of a mantra from the Hindu scripture Mundaka Upanishad. [1] Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic. [2][3] It is inscribed in the Devanagari script at the base of the Lion Capital of Ashoka and ...
The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka 's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the dharmachakra (English: "wheel of dharma "). It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, [1] most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka. [2] The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre ...
Caturvyūha or Chatur-vyūha (Sanskrit: चतुर्व्यूह, romanized: Caturvyūha, lit. 'four emanations'), is an ancient Indian religious concept initially focusing on the four earthly emanations (Vyūhas) of the Supreme deity Nārāyaṇa, [1] and later Viṣṇu. [4] The first of these emanations is the hero-god Vāsudeva, with ...
The Government of Andhra Pradesh finalized its new emblem for official use on 14 November 2018, four years after the state bifurcation in 2014. The N. Chandrababu Naidu led government issued a notification announcing the adoption of a new state emblem inspired by the Amravati School of Art. [4][5] The emblem features Dhamma Chakka, the wheel of ...