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The Charminar, a 16th-century Muslim monument and mosque in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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The Charminar? It has nothing to do with Chandragupta, the difference on the timeline is about 1300 years!

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This is the famous original sandstone sculpted Lion Capital of Ashoka, preserved at Sarnath Museum which was originally erected around 250 BCE atop the Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath. The angle from which this picture has been taken, minus the inverted bell-shaped lotus flower, has been adopted as the national emblem of India showing the horse on the left and the bull on the right of the Ashoka Chakra in the circular base on which the four Indian lions are standing back to back. On the far side there is an Elephant and a Lion instead. The wheel "Ashoka Chakra" from its base has been placed onto the center of the national flag of India.

 

The base of the Ashoka pillar in Sarnath which was broken off during the Turk Islamic invasions, it was originally surmounted by the lion capital which is presently on display at the Sarnath Museum.
 

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What most people don’t realise is that India is more a federal republic of nations with over 800 different languages and dialects and multiples of nations that have existed in it’s boundaries. 300 B.C. is still just about the half-way point for India’s history.