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The State emblem is an adaptation
from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original,
there are 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. 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
of India on 26 January 1950,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 right
and a horse on left and the outlines of other wheels on
extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus has been omitted.
The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning
‘Truth Alone Triumphs’, are inscribed below
the abacus in Devanagari script.
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