Our national symbol is the Ashoka Pillar

The Ashoka Pillar is well known in currency notes, coins, national documents and national literature. The Ashoka Pillar is an intellectual sculpture with four lions sitting facing each other in four directions. Beneath each lion is the Ashoka Chakra with 5 arras. In the space between the four chakras are four sculptures namely Taurus, Horse, Elephant and Lion. When Lord Buddha was born, his mother saw an elephant in a dream, that is, an elephant. Buddha was born in Taurus, which means Taurus. Thus the three symbols are associated with the life of Lord Buddha. The fourth sculpture, the lion, is a symbol of knowledge and strength. Symbol of knowledge and power, this ancient sculpture has been made a national symbol. Its history is also worth knowing.

Ashoka, the emperor of the Mauryan dynasty in India, erected Ashoka pillars in many places in India in the 3rd century BC. The pillars were 40 to 50 feet high and weighed about 10 tons. Surprisingly, these 10-tonne pillars were erected hundreds of kilometers away. At present there are 12 Ashoka pillars left in India. These pillars are believed to have been built at Chunar near Varanasi. The Ashoka Pillar at Swarnath in Uttar Pradesh is intact and in good condition. The text is engraved in Brahmi script on each column. Most of the pillars are at Sanchi, Chhapra, Champaran in Bihar. One of the pillars is at Ranigate in the Khyber region of Pakistan.