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- ↑ Somani, Ramavallabha (1976). History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D. India: Mateshwari Publications. p. 90.
- ↑ Somani, Ramavallabha (1976). History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D. India: Mateshwari Publications. pp. 90–91.
- ↑ Somani, Ramavallabha (1976). History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D. India: Mateshwari Publications. p. 91.
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