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- ↑ Datt, Senapati & Sahu 2016, p. 39.
- ↑ Mohanty, Indrajit (2013). "Jeypore - A Historical Perspective" (PDF). Government of Odisha. p. 2.
- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Circar". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 380.
