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- ↑ Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, By R.V. Russell & Hira Lal, 1916
- ↑ People of India By Kumar Suresh Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta, S. K. Mandal, Anthropological Survey of India, N. N. Vyas, Anthropological Survey of India, Published 1998, Popular Prakashan
- ↑ समाजों का सेवाभाव:अग्रवाल, जैन समाज के बाद दशा नेमा समाज ने शुरू किया नॉन कोविड सेंटर, खाने की व्यवस्था भी रहेगी
- ↑ ગોધરામાં જૈનાચાર્યનું આગમન થતા આકર્ષક ગહુંલી કરી ગુરુવંદન કરવામાં આવ્યું
- ↑ बीसा नीमा महाजन समाज का परिचय सम्मेलन 29 को
- ↑ Kasturchand Jain Suman, Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh aur Tirth Parichay, Madhya-Pradesh: 13 vi shati tak, Delhi, 2001
- ↑ Digambar Jain Directory, Thakurds Bhagavandas Javeri, 1914
- ↑ શ્રી વિશા નીમા જૈન જ્ઞાતીનો ઈતિહાસ
- ↑ "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume II".