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⁵⁷⁷ Cf. Su.Sū.46.118. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): a whale. P.V. Sharma: whale. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on whales stranded on Indian shores or observed in Indian waters: E. Balfour (1967): I, 241–242 (Balaenidae), (1968): III, 1066–1068 (whales); F. Finn (1929): 123–125, 129–132; S.H. Prater (1971): 309–312; WIRM X, 569–573. Greek sources already mention the occurrence of whales in Indian waters (see R.C. Majumdar, 1960: 323–324; J.W. McCrindle's translation of the voyage of Nearkhos, 1973: 196–197, 215).