National emblem

The State Emblem was adopted by the Government of India on January 26, 1950. The National Emblem features three lions standing back to back on a platform. There is a wheel in the centre of the platform. A bull stands on the right of the wheel and a horse on its left. If you see the corners of the base you'll spot the outlines of other wheels. The words Satyameva Jayate ('Truth Alone Triumphs') from an ancient book the Mundaka Upanishad are written below the picture in Hindi. Did you know? The design of the National Emblem has been taken from the Lion sculpture on the top of the Ashokan Pillar at Sarnath. But there are some differences. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on a platform carrying sculptures of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus.