Ashok Stambh: History and ... Ashoka built Sarnath back in 250 BC and the pillar was known as Ashok Stambh. Below Ashoka Stambh, there are two lions, namely, “Bhadra” and “Vajradatta”.

‘There is a common perception that everything started with Ashoka at Sarnath, but I knew that couldn’t be true,’ said archaeologist BR Mani, speaking about his 2013–14 excavation.

Answer- The Ashok Pillar is situated in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh ... Answer- Ashoka adopted Buddhism after the Kalinga war and he preached about Buddhism in 3 scripts on the pillar of Ashoka Stambh.