SSC
INDIAN POLITY
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Question
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Four lions
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Chariot wheel
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Horse
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Words ‘Satyameva Jayate’
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Detailed explanation-1: -The National Emblem of India is based on the Lion Capital of the Ashoka Pillar in Sarnath, U.P. It is the graphical representation of Lion Capital that is ornamented on top of Ashoka Pillar.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Emblem of India was adopted from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic. The Lion Capital, a sculpture of four Asiatic lions standing back to back, was originally placed on top of the pillar at Sarnath by the great Mauryan emperor Ashoka in about 250 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -The State Emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Asoka at Sarnath. In the original, there are four lions, mounted back to back, on a circular abacus, which itself rests on a bell-shaped lotus.