La umfanekiso oqingqiweyo Imbali yangaphambi kokubhalwa kwembali yayenziwe ngamatye, udongwe, iimpondo zendlovu, ubhedu kunye negolide. Kwintlambo ye Indo, phakathi kwentsalela yezakhiwo ze ladrillo itshisiwe ukusuka UMohenjo-DaroIzinto ezivela kwi-III yewaka leminyaka BC ziye zavela phakathi kwazo kukho amanani ealabhasta kunye nemabhile, imifanekiso emele oothixokazi kunye nezilwanyana iTerracota kunye nodongwe olucekeceke, imodeli yeenqwelo zobhedu kunye neempawu ezininzi zeempondo zendlovu kunye neetalience zezilwanyana kunye imifanekiso.
Ukufana kwezi zinto nemisebenzi ye IMesopotamiya ngokwemixholo kunye neefom zesitayile, ibonisa ubukho bobudlelwane phakathi kwezi zimbini amasiko kunye nemvelaphi efanayo. Akukho bungqina bokuba bekukho unxibelelwano nenkcubeko ye Phakathi empuma kwiVedic kunye namaxesha amva.
Kwinqanaba elidala leli xesha kungumfuziselo wegolide, ukusukela kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMX, emele isithixokazi, esaye safunyanwa ULauriya Nandangarh. Phakathi kwezinto kamva, ezimalunga nexesha elijikeleze i-600 BC, ziidiski zamatye ezipholileyo kunye zihombise, kunye neengqekembe ezimele iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zezilwanyana kunye iisimboli zonqulo.
Xa kufika buddhism kwinkulungwane yesithathu ye-BC ukuvela kolwakhiwo lwamatye olukhulu lwenzeka, olongezelelwa ngu umfanekiso oqingqiweyo isiqabu esisezantsi nesiphezulu. Umzobo we UBuddha wayengekho kubugcisa bamandulo baseIndiya kwaye babhenela kwiimpawu kunye nemiboniso ebomini bakhe, kwimiboniso ye izithixo zamaBhuda nokuhlaziya amabali.
Ngelo xesha-njengakulo lonke ibali Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye nokuhonjiswa kwahlelwa ngobunzima Ukuqanjwa. Ezona zikhumbuzo zibalaseleyo ngeli xesha ngamakomkhulu amile okwezilwanyana kwiintsika ze ilitye lesanti yemiyalelo kakumkani Asoka, kunye nemilambo yemabula ejikeleze ubuwula de UBharhut, kwi Madhya Pradesh, ezibonakala ngathi zixinekile phakathi komphezulu nezantsi. Iingcango zefayile ye Sanchi stupa (Ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX ye-BC), onobunono babo bunobunkunkqele kunye nobunono bokukrola ngaphakathi lwendlovu.
