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- ↑ Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. Internet Archive. New York, Fairchild Publications. 1959. p. 8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Pawar, Appasaheb Ganapatrao; University, Shivaji (1971). Maratha History Seminar, May 28-31, 1970: Papers. Shivaji University. p. 52.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=8OQ2AQAAMAAJ&q=A Page 52
- ↑ "Weavers are very few in number, and the total number of looms does not exceed one hundred. Country cloths only, such as garha, adhotar, are made, and these are taken for sale to neighbouring bazárs." https://books.google.com/books?id=arcBAAAAYAAJ&q=W Page 137
- ↑ Hadi, Saiyid Muhammad (1899). A Monograph on Dyes and Dyeing in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh. North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press. p. 45.
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