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- ↑ Rosemary Crill; Kapil Jariwala, eds. (2010). The Indian Portrait, 1560-1860. Mapin. p. 142. ISBN 9788189995379.
- ↑ Brentnall, Mark (2004). The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh. Vol. 1. Indus Publishing. pp. 350–358. ISBN 978-8-17387-163-4.
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