These opened into a wide and shallow hypostyle hall (H), divided into nave and aisles.

The nave is supported by four lotus- flower columns, 23 feet in height; the aisles each contain two lotus-bud columns 18 feet high.

The roof of the nave is, therefore, 5 feet higher than that of the sides.

This elevation was made use of for lighting purposes, the clerestory being fitted with stone gratings, which admitted the daylight.

The court (I) was square, and surrounded by a double colonnade entered by way of four side-gates and a great central gateway flanked by two quadrangular towers with sloping fronts.