Kerala PSC Facts About India - 09
National Emblem
86. The state emblem was adopted from the Saranath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
87. In the original there were four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull, and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell shaped lotus.
88. It was adopted by the Govt. of India on 26 January 1950.
89. In the emblem three lions are visible, a fourth
being hidden from view.
90. The wheel appears in the centre of the abacus with a bull on right and a horse on left.
91. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning ‘Truth alone Triumphs’, are inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari Script.
86. The state emblem was adopted from the Saranath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
87. In the original there were four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull, and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell shaped lotus.
88. It was adopted by the Govt. of India on 26 January 1950.
90. The wheel appears in the centre of the abacus with a bull on right and a horse on left.
91. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning ‘Truth alone Triumphs’, are inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari Script.
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