Image talk:Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.jpg

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Description: This Lion capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four "Indian lions" standing back to back. It was originally placed atop the Aśoka pillar at Sarnath, now in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The pillar, sometimes called the Aśoka Column is still in its original location, but the Lion Capital is now in the Sarnath Museum. This Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath has been adopted as the National Emblem of India and the wheel "Ashoka Chakra" from its base has been placed onto the center of the National Flag of India.

Source of this image: "Fair use" Picture from msn encarta: "Pillar of Ashoka", downloaded on 13 Sep 2007 http://au.encarta.msn.com/media_461550205_761560092_-1_1/Pillar_of_Ashoka.html

Fair Use Rationale: This photo has been used in absence of a copyright free image to depict the original sand stone sculpted 2000 year old “Lion Capital of Ashoka” erected around 250 BCE atop an Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath, India by Emperor Ashoka the Great now preserved at Sarnath Museum in India in the related articles on English Wikipedia.

PLEASE NOTE: The uniqueness of this picture lies in the fact that it has been taken from the angle, minus the upturned bell-like lotus flower, which was adopted as the "National Emblem of India" which shows the Horse on the left and the Bull on the right of the Ashoka Chakra in the circular base on which the four Indian lions are standing back to back. On the far side there is an Elephant and a Lion instead.

It is a low resolution image upload which is intended to prevent its misuse.


Atulsnischal 01:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Related Articles on English Wikipedia where this image may be used:

Atulsnischal 12:09, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NON-Replaceable fair use Image: Fair use rationale

{di-replaceable fair use disputed|The sculpture depicted is of iconic value specially in India and is more then 2250 years old and has no copyright, a detailed search was made for a similarly appropriate image taken from the angle which has been adopted as the National Emblem of India as described in the related articles, but no free image could be found, unless one can visit the Sarnath Museum in India and personally shoot a picture of this historical artifact / sculpture himself and that too from this particular angle and then posts it as a free image on the internet it is not possible for anybody to reasonably create a free image that can be used in wikipedia. This may also qualify as a Image with iconic status and historical importance as per Wikipedia:Fair use#Images, it depicts a famous historical sculpture more then 2000 years old from which modern India's following are adopted: National Emblem of India, National Flag of India, Ashoka Chakra, eventhough the image can be used in more articles it has only been used where it just has to be used which in this case are couple of them as mentioned on the main image page. A low resolution image has been uploaded to prevent misuse. Atulsnischal 09:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)}

Atulsnischal 09:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)