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National Emblem India
 The
State Emblem of India is an adaptation from the Samath Uon Capital
of Asoka as preserved in the Sarnath Museuip. The Government adopted
the emblem on 26th January, 1950, the day when India became a Republic.
In the original of Sarnath Capital, there are four lions, standing
back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculpture
in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion
separated by intervening wheels (chakras) over a bell-shaped lolus.
Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the Capital
is crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharma Chakra).
In the State Emblem adopted by the Government only three lions are
visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in
relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on the right and
a horse on the left and the outlines of the other wheels on the
extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus has been omitted.
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