after the arab invasion, the fragmented western states were organised under siladitya v. malwa was lost to gurjara-pratiharas before the invasion. he probably had tried to recover malwa as one of his grant (760 ce) is made from military camp at godraka (godhra). he must have failed to recover malwa but nonetheless recovered the khetaka (kheda) region. he had to face another invasion of the tajjika (arabs) from the sea in 759 ce fighting for umayyad caliphate. the naval fleet under amarubin jamal was sent by hasham, the governor of sindh to the coast of barda (the barda hills near porbandar). the invasion was defeated by the naval fleet of the saindhava dynasty which was in allegiance with the maitrakas. he reigned from c. 740 -762 ce.