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The third time that the writer accompanied His Majesty to the delightful valley of Kashmir, he met with a few old men of this persuasion, but saw none among the learned.

— Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak

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Also in Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India by K. S. Lal, p. 110; The Jain Teachers of Akbar by Vincent Arthur Smith, p. 267

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