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English: The National Emblem of India is derived from the time of the Emperor Ashoka.The emblem is a replica of the Lion of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The Lion Capital was erected in the third century BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot where Buddha first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation to the four quarters of the universe.
English: The National w:Emblem of India is derived from the time of the Emperor Ashoka.The emblem is a replica of the Lion of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The Lion Capital was erected in the third century BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot where Buddha first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation to the four quarters of the universe.
They are a lion, an elephant, a bull, and a horse; the first three are shown at walking pace but the horse is at full gallop. [35] [28] The capital which was carved from a single block of marble is broken across the necking just above the bell. Archaeological remains of the topmost wheel of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, in the Sarnath Museum. [36]
The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, an ancient sculpture dating back to 280 BCE during the Maurya Empire. The statue is a three dimensional emblem showing four lions. It became the emblem of the Dominion of India in December 1947, [1] and later the emblem of the Republic of India. The State Emblem of India is an official ...
Saranath Lion Corrected: 10:41, 6 November 2009: 741 × 639 (329 KB) Chrkl: border widths unified: 10:38, 6 November 2009: 741 × 639 (329 KB) Chrkl {{Information |Description={{mld |en=This is the state emblem of Karnataka, India and as such is the official Emblem of Government of Karnataka state in India. The centre is a red shield charged ...
Emblem of Himachal Pradesh; Armiger: The Government of Himachal Pradesh: Adopted: 25 January 1971: Shield: The Sarnath Lion Capital superimposed on a semi-circular blue background with Snow-capped mountain peaks and three white stripes at the bottom: Motto "सत्यमेव जयते" (Satyameva Jayate, Sanskrit for "Truth Alone ...
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.