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- ↑ Patrick Olivelle (13 July 2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-977507-1.
- ↑ "The Journal Of The Numismatic Society Of India Vol 3 Amp 4". 25 March 1941. pp. 135–136 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Śrīrāma Goyala (1994). The Coinage of Ancient India. Kusumanjali Prakashan. p. 188.
- ↑ Wilfried Pieper (2013). Ancient Indian Coins Revisited. Classical Numismatic Group. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-0-9837652-6-4.
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