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The date of the temple site is thus not fully settled. It is not fully clear whether the inscription on the door frame was actually a part of the initial temple. It may have been a part of an adjacent Haihatt Devi Temple, and the remnants having fallen in ruin would have been included as a part of the later constructions of main temple of a higher antiquity. Even today the modern temple of Tilkeshwar Sthan, built upon the earlier ruins has adjacent temples devoted to other deities. The Queen Saubhagya may have directed for the erection of a temple to the Haihatt Devi in the near vicinity of already famous Tilkeshwarsthana temple.
However this is only a hypothesis which can be confirmed only after proper excavation in the vicinity, and after more research. The ruins of the statues lying in the courtyard of the temple are very similar to the ones found at Konch in Gaya and can be dated in the later Gupta or Pala times. If the tradition regarding the visit of the Adi Shankaracharya to the temple site on the way to Mahishi is taken as correct, then the site seems to have been already in existence in the 8th century. The mystery thus remains to be resolved.
To be continued....