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- ↑ Perez, Rosa Maria (2004). Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India. New Delhi, India: Orient Blackswan. p. 71. ISBN 978-81-8028-014-6.
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- ↑ The Hind Rajasthan, Or, The Annals of the Native States of India. New Delhi, India: Usha Publications. 1985. pp. 64–198.