Editing Gondwana (India) (section)

==Emblem of Gondwana State==
{{South Asia in 1525 CE|right|Gondwana circa 1525, with neighbouring polities.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E. |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=147, map XIV.4 (a)|isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=186}}</ref>}}
The emblem of Gondwana is of a lion, triumphing over an elephant. This visual trope, of a triumphant lion vanquishing one or more elephants, is common in architectural sculpture. There are many minor variations on this motif, including the use of leonine creatures variously described as vyālas or yālīs, and the incorporation of other fantastic creatures such as makaras. Many [[Gondwana Kingdom]] forts constructed between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries carried this representation on their barbicans and gateways.{{cn|date=December 2024}}