State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 right and left. Forming an integral part of the emblem is the motto inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script: "Satyameva jayate" सत्यमेव जयते (). This is a quote from Mundaka Upanishad, the concluding part of the sacred Hindu Vedas. This National Emblem was adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic. State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 is an Act of Parliament of India which regulates the improper or commercial usage of the Emblem of India. The emblem of India is
Emblem of His Majesty the King of Ashanti of Ashanti was created by emperor Asantehene Nana Osei Kofi Tutu I (r. 1695 – 1717). The national emblem of Ashanti is surmounted by a red Porcupine (or Ashanti: Kotoko) on a gold background symbolizing the soil gold mineral wealth and gold bar wealth of Ashanti; the Porcupine has been the designated national animal of Ashanti since 1701 into the present 21st century representing the Ashanti people proverb "The porcupine fights from all angles" and the Ashanti people readiness of the Ashanti nation to wage war on its enemies and the Ashanti nation motto "Kum apem a, apem beba" (Kill