| State Emblem of India | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Details | |
| Armiger |  Republic of India |
| Adopted | 26 January 1950 |
| Escutcheon | Lion Capital of Ashoka |
| Motto | Satyameva Jayate ("Truth Alone Triumphs") (from the "Mundaka Upanishad", a part of Hindu Vedas) |
The State Emblem of India is the national emblem of India. The emblem is taken from the Lion Capital of Ashoka, a statue from 250 BCE. The statue consists of four Asiatic lions back to back, with the two-dimensional emblem showing three lions.
An emblem based upon the Lion Capital of Ashoka was first adopted as the emblem of the Dominion of India in December 1947.[1] The current version of the emblem was officially adopted on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic.[2]
- ↑ "Press Communique' - State Emblem" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "State Emblem". Know India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.