India, Republic, 1985 AD., Birmingham mint, 1 Rupee, KM 79.1.

India, Republic, Birmingham (Heaton, "H") mint, 1985 AD.,
1 Rupee (26 mm / 5,96 g), 6,00 g theoretical mint weight, copper-nickel, type minted 1983-1991, mintage 444.516.000 (all mints), medal alignment ↑↑ (0°) , security edge,
Obv.: भारत - INDIA / सत्यमेव जयते, country name in Hindi and English flanking Asoka lion pedestal, India´s national motto "Satyamev jayate" (Truth Alone Prevails) in Hindi below, all within seven sided beaded outline.
Rev.: रुपया / 1 / RUPEE / 1985 / H , denomination in Hindi and English above year, mintmark H below 5, gain ears flanking, all within seven sided beaded outline.
KM 79.1 .

mintmarks:
♦ (small dot/diamond) = Mumbai (Bombay)
• (small dot/diamond below first date digit) = Royal Mint at Llantrisant/UK
(no mintmark) = Calcutta
* (five-pointed star) = Hyderabad
° (circular dot) = Noida
H (letter "H") = Birmingham/UK, originally known as Heaton's Mint or Ralph Heaton & Sons, in Birmingham

Year / Mintmark / Mintage / other details
1983 / ♦ / 32,490,000 / KM 79.1 (Mumbai Mint; security edge)
1983 / (no mark) / (incl. above) / KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1984 ♦ 152,378,000 KM 79.1 (Mumbai Mint; security edge)
1984 (no MM) KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1984 * KM 79.1 (Hyderabad Mint; security edge)
1985 (no MM) KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1985 ♦ 444,516,000 KM 79.1 (Mumbai Mint; security edge)
1985 H KM 79.1 (Birmingham Mint; security edge)
1985 • KM 79.1 (Llantrisant Mint, mintmark below 1; security edge)
1986 (no MM) KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1986 ♦ 1,396,074,000 KM 79.1 (Mumbai Mint; security edge)
1986 * KM 79.1 (Hyderabad Mint; security edge)
1987 KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1987 ♦ 685,502,000 KM 79.1 (Mumbai Mint; security edge)
1987 * KM 79.1 (Hyderabad Mint; security edge)
1988 KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1988 KM 79.4 (Calcutta Mint; reeded edge)
1988 ♦ KM 79.3 (Mumbai Mint; Lions' chest hairs restyled; security edge)
1988 ♦ 240,447,000 KM 79.1 (Mumbai Mint; security edge)
1988 ♦ KM 79.2 (Mumbai Mint; pedestal different, more detailed; security edge)
1988 * KM 79.1 (Hyderabad Mint; security edge)
1989 KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1989 KM 79.4 (Calcutta Mint; reeded edge)
1989 ♦ KM 79.3 (Mumbai Mint; Lions' chest hairs restyled; security edge)
1989 ♦ KM 79.4 (Mumbai Mint; reeded edge)
1989 ♦ KM 79.1 (Mumbai Mint; security edge)
1989 * KM 79.4 (Hyderabad Mint; reeded edge)
1989 * KM 79.1 (Hyderabad Mint; security edge)
1989 ° KM 79.2 (Noida Mint; pedestal different, more detailed; security edge)
1990 KM 79.5 (Calcutta Mint; Lions' chest hairs restyled; reeded edge)
1990 KM 79.4 (Calcutta Mint; reeded edge)
1990 KM 79.1 (Calcutta Mint; security edge)
1990 ♦ KM 79.3 (Mumbai Mint; Lions' chest hairs restyled; security edge)
1990 ♦ KM 79.5 (Mumbai Mint; Lions' chest hairs restyled; reeded edge)
1990 * KM 79.4 (Hyderabad Mint; reeded edge)
1990 * KM 79.1 (Hyderabad Mint; security edge)
1990 ° KM 79.2 (Noida Mint; pedestal different, more detailed; security edge)
1991 KM 79.4 (Calcutta Mint; reeded edge)
1991 ♦ KM 79.5 (Mumbai Mint; Lions' chest hairs restyled; reeded edge)
1991 * KM 79.5 (Hyderabad Mint; Lions' chest hairs restyled; reeded edge)

The 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 by Emperor Ashoka circa 250 BC. 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 was placed onto the center of the National Flag of India.
The capital contains four lions (Indian / Asiatic Lions), standing back to back, mounted on an abacus, with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull, and a lion, separated by intervening spoked chariot-wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the capital was believed to be crowned by a 'Wheel of Dharma' (Dharmachakra popularly known in India as the "Ashoka Chakra"), which has now been lost. There is a similar intact Ashoka pillar in Thailand with a similar four lion capital intact and crowned with Ashoka Chakra / Dharmachakra.

Ashok Maurya or Ashoka (Devanāgarī: अशोक, ca. 304–232 BC), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BC to 232 BC. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan in the west, to the present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of Assam in the east, and as far south as northern Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. He conquered the kingdom named Kalinga, which no one in his dynasty had conquered starting from Chandragupta Maurya. His reign was headquartered in Magadha (present-day Bihar, India). He embraced Buddhism from the prevalent Hindu tradition after witnessing the mass deaths of the war of Kalinga, which he himself had waged out of a desire for conquest. He was later dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism across Asia and established monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha. Ashoka was a devotee of ahimsa (nonviolence), love, truth, tolerance and vegetarianism. Ashoka is remembered in history as a philanthropic administrator. In the history of India, Ashoka is referred to as Samraat Chakravartin Ashoka - the Emperor of Emperors Ashoka.
His name "aśoka" means "painless, without sorrow" in Sanskrit (the a privativum and śoka "pain, distress"). In his edicts, he is referred to as Devānāmpriya (Pali Devānaṃpiya or "The Beloved Of The Gods"), and Priyadarśin (Pali Piyadasī or "He who regards everyone with affection").
Along with the Edicts of Ashoka, his legend is related in the later 2nd century Aśokāvadāna ("Narrative of Asoka") and Divyāvadāna ("Divine narrative"), and in the Sri Lankan text Mahavamsa ("Great Chronicle").
Ashoka played a critical role in helping make Buddhism a world religion. As the peace-loving ruler of one of the world's largest, richest and most powerful multi-ethnic states, he is considered an exemplary ruler, who tried to put into practice a secular state ethic of non-violence. The emblem of the modern Republic of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka.