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Shiladitya (शिलादित्य) was a Jat ruler of Malwa. He was Jat of Virk gotra.
He was son of Yasodharman. He became ruler of Malwa after Yasodharman. He was follower of Bhuddhism. The chinese traveller Hieun Tsang has mentioned about him. His neighbours were brahmans who attacked him so he migrated from Malwa and reached Kashmir. In 540 AD Pravarsen of Kashmir made him king again. After the fall of rule of Virk Jats in Malwa there were no other Jat state worth mentioning.
Reference
- Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, p. 713
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