Take the following as truth: At the time Stupa I was built, Buddha himself was not represented in human form, but symbolized by the horse on which he rode away from his palace, by the wheel of law, by his footprints, and by the pipal tree under which he found enlightenment.
Then the following statement: "Artists began representing Buddha in human form several hundred years later." is true, false, or inconclusive?
Answer: Inconclusive