Ngaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Konkan entshonalanga ye-Maharashtra, esentshonalanga ye-India, kunemizi emihlanu ebilokhu iqaphela imidwebo engaqondakali ezungezile. Ama-pictographs asendulo asheshe aqaphela abavubukuli. Enelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi, aqhubeka nophenyo lwawo emizaneni eseduze. Umphumela wawuhlaba umxhwele ngempela wonke umuntu.
Kwakukhona izinkulungwane zezithombe eziqoshiwe zamadwala (owaziwa nangokuthi ama-petroglyphs) kusukela esikhathini sangaphambi komlando esitholiwe. Iningi labo lalikhohliwe iminyaka eyinkulungwane kusukela ligqitshwe ngaphansi kwenhlabathi. Lo msebenzi wobuciko omangalisayo wawunezihloko ezihlukahlukene, njengezinyoni, izilwane, abantu, nezilwane zasolwandle, kanye nemiklamo eyingqayizivele yejiyomethri.
Ama-pictographs yiwona kuphela izingcezu ezisekhona zempucuko yasendulo eyalahleka okungekho muntu owayeyazi ukuthi yake yaba khona. Ngenxa yalokho, bawukuphela komthombo wolwazi kubavubukuli abanesithakazelo sokufunda okwengeziwe ngesiko eliyimfihlakalo.
Ngenxa yokuthi babedweba cishe kuwo wonke amagquma ngaleso sikhathi, abavubukuli bakwazi ukuthola ukuthi impucuko yayikhona cishe ngo-10,000 BC.
Ukushoda kobuciko obumelela ukulima kanye nenqwaba yemidwebo ebonisa izilwane ezizingelwayo kwanikeza umbono wokuthi laba bantu babengabazingeli nabaqoqi abangenasithakazelo kangako kwezolimo.
“Asikazitholi izithombe zemisebenzi yokulima,” UTejas Garge, umqondisi womnyango wezemivubukulo wesifunda saseMaharashtra, utshele i-BBC. Kodwa izithombe ziveza izilwane ezizingelwa futhi kunemininingwane yezinhlobo zezilwane. Ngakho lendoda yayazi ngezilwane nezidalwa zasolwandle. Lokho kukhomba ukuthi ubethembele ekuzingeleni ukudla.”
Bekukhona insambatheka ngalaba baculi abaqopha izilwane ezifana nemvubu nobhejane. Azikho kulezi zinhlobo ezake zaba khona kuleyo ndawo. Iqiniso lokuthi impucuko yasendulo yayibazi kunikeza ubufakazi bokuthi abantu bavela kwesinye isifunda noma ukuthi intshonalanga yeNdiya yake yaba nobhejane nezimvubu.
