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- ↑ Kishori Saran Lal 1950, p. 134.
- 1 2 3 Banarsi Prasad Saksena 1992, p. 396.
- ↑ Dasharatha Sharma 1959, p. 163.
- 1 2 3 Kishori Saran Lal 1950, p. 135.
- 1 2 Peter Jackson 2003, p. 198.