Satyameva Jayate Satyameva Jayate "Satyameva Jayate" ( ""; lit. "Truth alone triumphs.") is a "mantra" from the ancient Indian scripture "Mundaka Upanishad". Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India in 26 January 1950. It is inscribed in script at the base of the national emblem. The emblem and the words "Satyameva Jayate" are inscribed on one side of all Indian currency. The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka which was erected around 250 BCE at Sarnath, near Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is inscribed on all currency
Emblem of the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Emblem of the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The national emblem of the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1937 by the government of the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is identical to the emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The emblem of the Mari ASSR was identical to the emblem of the RSFSR with the addition of the corresponding inscriptions in the Mari language. The name of the republic in the national language had the form: "Марийский АССР", and the motto: "Чыла элласе пролетарий-шамыч, ушныза!". This was confirmed in the Article 111 of