Traditionally the room was thought to have been used as an audience hall by Akbar for his ministers, the idea being that Akbar sat atop the column and his advisers crowded the balconies and bridges. However, the space is too tight to have allowed this in practice. The room may have actually functioned as jewel house where Akbar, walking on the bridges, inspected jewels arrayed on the floor. Alternatively, the room may have simply been a symbolic representation of Akbar's eclectic religious beliefs.
