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- ↑ "Kashmir Point, Murree 8 Insider Tips, Photos and Reviews". virtualtourist.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- ↑ Stephen Alter, Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border, p. 135, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001 ISBN 0812217438.
- ↑ Letters from India and Kashmir, p. 159, George Bell and Sons, 1874.
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