According to Thomas Donaldson, evidence suggests that the damage and the temple's ruined condition can be dated to between the late 16thcentury and the early 17thcentury from the records of various surveys and repairs found in early 17th-century texts. These also record that the temple remained a site of worship in the early 17thcentury. These records do not state whether the ruins were being used by devotees to gather and worship, or part of the damaged temple was still in use for some other purpose.