Political controversy has erupted regarding the new Ashoka Pillar, know what the historians said?

Political controversy has started regarding the national symbol Ashoka Pillar on the new Parliament Building. Opposition parties are objecting to the lion’s figure in the Ashoka Pillar. Opposition parties allege that the lion has been shown to be aggressive, while in the original symbol the lion appears gentle. When ABP News investigated these claims of the opposition, it came to know that there is nothing to object to the figure seen in the Ashoka Pillar.

Historian Ravi Bhatt said – this is an artwork
Historian Ravi Bhatt says about this that this Ashoka Pillar is an artwork and it always appears to change depending on the mood of the artist. Ashoka Pillar is one of the best and most popular figures of the Maurya period.

He told that the history of Ashoka Pillar is related to Gautam Buddha. Emperor Ashoka had made this figure and when the figure of Ashoka Pillar was to be made a part of the constitution, then 21-year-old youth Dinanath Bhaskar was given the responsibility. Dinanath Bhaskar had studied the lions closely. In such a situation, the shape he gave is visible in the books of the constitution. But, when you look at the Ashoka Pillar at different places across the country, you will see different figures. He said that there is no such thing as controversy in this matter.

Needless controversy
Professor Piyush Bhargava, head of the Department of Ancient History in Lucknow University, told that the shape of an Ashoka Pillar is kept in the university’s museum as well. He said that the lion’s face in the Ashoka Pillar is a symbol of might and not of anger. He told that Emperor Ashoka Chakravarti was the king and he made such a symbol looking all around in which the lion appears as a symbol of his might. He told that the Ashoka Pillar also had a circle with 32 spokes on top of the lions, which was depicted by Gautam Buddha. is a symbol of. It is not right to create controversy about the figure made by Emperor Ashoka, who believes in Gautam Buddha.

When we investigated, it came to know that there is a big square in Kaiserbagh, Lucknow, the capital of UP, where an Ashoka pillar has been built in the middle. In this Ashoka pillar, the lion’s mouth is visible open. Similarly, different figures appear in different places.

Opposition politics on lion figure
PM Modi on Monday unveiled the 20 feet tall Ashoka Pillar on the roof of the new Parliament building. After this, different opposition parties have protested in their own way regarding this launch. While the Aam Aadmi Party and TMC have lodged their objections to the change in insignia from the face of a lion, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has expressed anguish over the opposition parties not being invited to the launch.