The Temple is regarded as a temple in a semi-Classical style. Its structure resembles a Greek temple in general, with a naos, pronaos, and an opisthodomos at the back. In a Greek distyle in antis layout, two anta walls surround two Ionic columns at the front. It appears that the temple had an exterior wall with windows or doorways, with a design resembling a Greek row of columns encircling it (peripteral design). The Temple was roughly 45 by 30 meters in size.
The Jandial Temple follows the general design of a Greek temple. The heavy wall with stairs that exists inside the Temple, however, between the naos and the opisthodomos has led some authors to hypothesize that it was built to support a ziggurat similar to those found in Zoroastrian or Magian temples.
With the exception of a pillar in Ahin Posh, which appears to be more Parthian than truly Hellenistic, the Ionic style is a rare occurrence in the Indian subcontinent outside of the Pataliputra capital (3rd century BCE). The numerous examples of Corinthian art that can be found in the Indo-Corinthian capitals of Gandhara appear to have completely replaced it as the direct Greek presence in India weakened.
