Ashoka symbolizes one of India's great ages. After years of brutal rule and the bloody Battle of Kalinga, Ashoka felt tremendous regret for the violence he wrought upon his enemies. He converted ...

it was set atop the famous Ashoka Column. The original Lion Capital, a fine scripture, had four lions looking at four directions. But in the two-dimensional representation for the original copy of ...

longer text that was originally carved on a great circular column, about 30 feet high (9m) and 3 feet (1m) in diameter. Ashoka had pillars like this put up across the whole of his empire.

As promised, the chief minister should withdraw all Waqf notices and remove the Waqf Board name from column 11 and 9 of the ...