[1] The work consists of three sets of 900 verses each, making a total of 2,700 verses in all, sung in praise of the three ancient Tamil rulers of the Cheras, the Cholas, and the Pandyas.
It tells about various characteristics of these ancient rulers, namely, land, fortification, army, fighting spirit, valour, generosity, and so forth.
M. Raghava Iyengar first published Muthollaayiram verses in 1905 in the magazine Senthamil.
In 1938, S. Vaiyapuri Pillai, head of the Tamil research department at the University of Madras, published a book containing the verse collections of Muthollaayiram.
T. K. Chidhambaranadhar wrote a simple commentary to the verses of the Muthollaayiram.