The temple was built during the reign of Soyawaman II in the early 12th century. The temple of Tomajo, 170 meters north of the temple, was built for the same period. The layout and structure of the two buildings are exactly the same. It is unclear why the two buildings were built. Only in the late 19th century, when Diko, a French officer in Cambodia, discovered the group of buildings, learned from the local population that the temple was dedicated to ChauSay, so the French named it the temple of Zhousa.