 Dated 595 CE, the inscription is written in Sanskrit language and old Kannada script and details important information about the Chalukya lineage, their military expeditions, their conquests and early monuments.The pillar was found lying near the Mahakutesvara temple and was transferred to the Bijapur Archaeological museum in 1920.The alternate date suggested for the inscription is 602

According to the Mahakuta pillar inscription, Pulakeshin I had two sons, Kirtivarman I and Mangalesha and the Mukuteshvara temple (called Mahakuteshvara temple today) was built by Pulakeshin I and that this was the first major monument built during their rule.