All about the National Emblem of India

Built by Ashoka in 250 BC, it was subsequently destroyed by Turkish invaders and was discovered in 1904-05 during an excavation

ROARING LIONS: Represent authority and spreading of dharma

CHAKRA: Represents the cyclic nature of time

ABACUS: Animals represents 4 major rivers originating from Kailash ranges

Horse: West Vankshu (Amy Darya)

Elephant: South Indus

Bull: East Ganga

Lion: North Tarim (Yellow River)

PILLAR: symbolizes cosmic axis separating the earth from the infinite cosmos

LOTUS: represents the murky water of the mundane world

THE EMBLEM OF INDIA REPRESENTS THE CIVILIZATIONAL FACETS OF BHARAT!