Lion Capital of Ashoka Photo: Alamy. Among the great artistic objects found by chance, one must include the Ashokan Lion Capital at the Archaeological Museum of Sarnath in northern India.

Bet you didn’t know these facts about the Pillars of Ashoka Ashoka Maurya was the grandson of the great Indian emperor, Chandragupta Maurya. After the loss of over a 100,000 people in the war of ...

The 60-foot pillar on which the Lion Capital of Ashoka was installed was actually the chimney of the old Public Works Department (PWD) workshop that existed there in the 1950s.

Government to issue commemorative coins honoring Prof MS Swaminathan and 'Make-in-India' program, showcasing achievements and contributions to India's growth.

This fragment comes from one of the pillars erected throughout India by the Emperor Ashoka around 240 BC. The type of writing used for the inscription is known as 'Brahmi' and forms the basis for ...

The pillars were inscribed with Buddha’s edicts and were called ‘Dharma Stambha’, ‘Pillars of the Dharma’. When the Ashoka Pillar was adopted as the national emblem to commemorate the ...

SYDNEY: It has been hailed as historic. A five-metre-high Ashoka Pillar now stands at a monastery located midway between Sydney and Canberra, in a celebration of the spread of Buddhism from India ...

Pillar of Ashoka. A History of the World in 100 Objects Empire Builders (300 BC - AD 10) Episode 2 of 5 A global history of the world told through objects at the British Museum. This week Neil ...

Pillar of Ashoka (238 BC) erected in Uttar Pradesh, India. In 1947 on her 21st birthday, the future Queen Elizabeth II made a heartfelt speech dedicating her adult life to the service of her people.