The national emblem of India is a replica of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka which was erected on the Askoka Pillar. In the original, there are four lions standing back to back, mounted on a circular abacus with a band that contains sculptures of a galloping horse, an elephant, a bull and a lion separated by intervening Ashoka Chakra wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. The version that is adopted by the Government of India does not include the fourth lion (as it is hidden from view at the rear). The base platform beneath the lions has the Dharma Chakra in the center, a bull on the right and a galloping horse on the left, and outlines of Dharma Chakras on the extreme right and left. The motto Satyamev Jayate (meaning – Truth alone Triumphs) is inscribed below the emblem in the Devanagari script. The emblem was adopted as the National Emblem of India on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic