siladitya was a son of siladitya, the elder brother of kharagraha ii. as kharagraha ii had no son, he assumed the throne. he reigned from c. 658 to 685 ce. he has mentioned his father derabhatta in his grants. he had probably recovered the lata region from the sendraka governor under the chalukyas. the chalukyas recovered the region under vikramaditya i and placed his son dharashraya jayasimha as its governor. the region was still ruled by gurjaras of lata and dadda iii was probably in the constant struggle with the maitrakas.