the copperplate grants do not help in identifying their origin, they describe only that the dynasty was born from a war-like tribe whose capital was at vallabhi and they were shaivas. chinese traveler hieun-tsang visited vallabhi during the second quarter of the 7th century had described the ruler as a kshatriya. later mahayana buddhist work "manju-shri-mula-kalpa" had described them as varavatya yadava. the late jain traditional work "shatrunjaya-mahatmaya" of dhaneshwara describes shiladitya as the yadavas of lunar race.