The adoption of the Capital of the Ashokan pillar edict at Sarnath ... the Lion Capital of Ashoka, as the national emblem," it adds. With the adoption of India's Constitution in 1950, the emblem ...

And on top of the most famous of all Ashoka's pillars are the four lions facing outward - the lions that are still one of the emblems of India today ... the phrase 'gross national happiness ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Pillar of Ashoka (238 BC) erected in Uttar Pradesh, India In 1947 on her ... also introduced the phrase 'gross national happiness' - it arose to ...