The Chitralekha Inscription of Bayana/Sripatha (955 AD/1012 VS) of the Surasena Yadava dynasty of Jadaun Rajputs - The Descendant Family of Lord Krishna Mentioned

Source: Epigraphia Indica - Vol. XXII (1933-34)

This is the stone inscription commissioned by Queen Chitralekha of the Surasena Yadavas Dynasty of Bayana/Sripatha, in continuation to the dynasty of Jadaun Rajputs as described in the Vijayadhiraja inscription of Bayana, as quoted in this linked thread. https://twitter.com/yashasvipratap/status/1290686517283704832?s=20

The Chitralekha inscription was inscribed in yellow sandstone and is close to a century older than the previous inscriptions of Vijayadhiraja in Bhitari-Bahari Mohalla and about 200 years older than the Mahaban inscription.

Through this inscription the dynasty's establishment and foothold in the region is established as lineages upto the classical era are covered.

The Chitralekha inscription was unearthed by A.C.L. Carlleyle under Sir Alexander Cunningham in his survey of Eastern Rajputana and Mathura regions in 1871-72. It was found in the courtyards of the Ukha Mandir (Temple), part of the Ukha Mandir-Masjid (Temple-Mosque) complex.

The inscription was recorded during the commissioning of a temple to Lord Vishnu and it explicitly states that the Dynasty came from the family of Lord Krishna, the Avatara of Lord Vishnu who smote Kamsa (Verses 6-10).

The original Vishnu temple constructed by Queen Chitralekha was destroyed by Sultan Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah of the Khilji Dynasty (in AH 720/1319 AD) who built a mosque in its place.

However later in the 2nd half of the 18th century a local Thakur from Bayana converted part of the defunct Mosque into the Ukha Mandir culminating in the current Temple-Mosque complex.

The inscription covers several centuries till the classical ages at least upto or even before the era of Emperor Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhuti Dynasty or probably even the later Guptas.

The name of the patriarch of this branch of the Surasenas is given as "Phakka". If we delve deeper into terminologies of that time that the term "Phakka" according to Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarium (Vol. 2, Part 2) is used to identify issue with the joints to even paralysis.

However, we also find that the King Phakka did have a history of warfare, so it could be that his state was a result of battle injuries or simply old age. This also throws us a very difficult challenge as wemost likely are not yet given the real name of the king "Phakka".

The Chitralekha Inscription, as translated in full in Epigraphia Indica (Vol. 22):

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