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Historians say
The intervention preserved the hall and sealed off its original interior space, which remains inaccessible.
Historians say
The surviving hall, reported at about 128 feet, and now the tallest standing element of the temple. Its interior was packed with sand and stone by the ASI in 1903 to stop it collapsing.