The Story of India’s National Emblem

In this beautifully illustrated book filled with little known facts from Indian history, and pictures and photographs, read some unusual stories about our Republic: How Ashoka, the great king of ancient India, embraced peace and spread his message of non-violence through rock and pillar edicts, and how a symbol from these pillars became India’s National Emblem. How archaeologists dug up the edicts and deciphered the script and told the world about Ashoka and ahimsa. How Surayya Tyabji, a young woman from Hyderabad, first thought of using the lions from the Ashoka pillar in the emblem. How gifted artists and calligraphers illustrated the emblem and also hand-lettered and illustrated the Indian Constitution.