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The sandstone shaft meets the packed-earth floor and continues beyond the top frame. The cut surface belongs to the shaft and follows its curved plane. All three lamp feet and both researcher boots touch the floor. The right hand encloses the adjustment knob while the left hand braces the stand upright. The lamp head faces the shaft from frame left, passing above the crouching researcher. The adult would stand 1.7 m tall; the shaft’s visible section exceeds 2.4 m and continues beyond the frame. It is Present-day examination of Mauryan evidence from Ashoka’s reign, approximately 268–232 BCE: Plain cotton field shirt and trousers, soft cap, scuffed leather boots; Polished sandstone, packed earth, cotton, matte fabric, metal lamp stand; Portable hooded conservation lamp on an adjustable tripod.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "Careful reconstruction from incomplete chronological evidence.. 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