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- ↑ Tarling, Nicholas, ed. (1993). The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521355056. ISBN 9781139055475.
- ↑ Tarling, Nicholas, ed. (1993). The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521355063. ISBN 9781139055482.
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