[1][2] The inscription is carved into a sloping sandstone, partially submerged in the ground.
[3] The writing is on both front and back sides,[1][4] the front contains 9 lines and the back contains 7 or 8 lines,[4] and written in a mixed language of Old Malay and Old Javanese.
[3] The inscription is not dated, but paleographically it is viewed to be from the reign of King Adityawarman (14th century CE).
[2] The content of this inscription mentions a vice king/crown prince (Sanskrit: yuwaraja) named Bijayendrawarman, who made a temple (stupa) in a place called Parwatapuri.
[2] This suggests the possibility of a government system similar to that of Majapahit at that time, in which younger children of a king were sent to the borders to become local rulers.