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The worship of Haihatt Devi was found as being continued at a village called Nawada near Bahera in Darbhanga. The Nawada durga sthan is quite famous and attracts a large number of devotees from nearby villages. A large fair is held during the navratras.
Interestingly some unverified information was found on the internet regarding the age of the inscription. A search on Google brought me to an unverified deciphering of the Inscription which while describing the Maithili language mentioned that “The oldest example of this Mithilakshar or Tirhuta script is a Shiva temple inscription in Tilkeshwarsthāna (near Kusheshwarsthāna, in Darbhangā district), in which it is mentioned in Eastern Māgadhi Prākrit that the temple was built on "Kāttika sudi" (Kārtika Shukla pratipadā, or the first tithi in the bright half of the Hindu lunar month of Kārtika) in "Shake 125" (AD 203) on the day after Diwāli.”
I since tried to find out the exact source of this statement which has been seemingly reproduced by several other sites without verification of the credentials. So far, I have not come across any such reference which would indicate the stated antiquity of the inscription. The above information had really excited me since if found to be true, it would require for a fresh outlook to understand the history of temple construction in the Mithila region. But it seems to be incorrect, as the texts including the Gazetteer have traced the inscription to the rule of the Karnatas.
To sum up, it can be stated that the exact origin and the time of the temple site still remains not fully established. More research and discoveries may settle the issue in the times to come. The site needs to be widely publicised to attract the importance that it deserves. It is undoubtedly important from the traditional standpoint, but its historicity has rather been quite unnoticed.
To be continued......