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- ↑ "History of the Kirat People" (PDF). Limbulibrary.com.np. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ↑ Subba, J. R. (2009). Mythology of the People of Sikkim - J. R. Subba - Google Books. ISBN 9788121210232 . Retrieved 2013-09-01.
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