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- ↑ Mitra, Rajendralala (1875). The Antiquities of Orissa. Wyman. p. 84.
- 1 2 Begde, Prabhakar V. (1996). Living Sculpture: Classical Indian Culture as Depicted in Sculpture and Literature. Sagar Publications. pp. 57, 64, 66. ISBN 978-81-7082-010-9.
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