Lavoy, Peter René, ed. (2009). Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia: The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict. Cambridge University Press. էջ 180. ISBN978-0-521-76721-7. «The false optimism of the architects of the Kargil intrusion, colored by the illusion of a cheap victory, was not only the main driver of the operation, and hence the crisis, it also was the cause of Pakistan's most damaging military defeat since the loss of East Pakistan in December 1971.»
Dettman, Paul R. (2001). India Changes Course: Golden Jubilee to Millennium. Greenwood Publishing Group. էջեր 130, 131, 140, 177. ISBN978-0-275-97308-7. «p. 130: the BJP could go to the people as the party that had undergirded India's victory over Pakistan in the Kargil 'war'. . 131: Another of India's institutions that had benefited from India's victory in the Kargil war was its military establishment. . 140: He went on to take credit for the conduct of a "war" effort that had led to a diplomatic as well as a military victory. . 177: For India, Vajpayee had led the military and diplomatic effort that had won the Kargil "war." For the world, he had done so while keeping India's armed forces on their own side of the LOC in Kashmir and he had prevented the outbreak of a multi-front general war with Pakistan.»
Kanwal, Gurmeet (2009). «Pakistan's Strategic Blunder at Kargil»(PDF). CLAWS Journal: 72. Արխիվացված է օրիգինալից(PDF) 2019 թ․ օգոստոսի 18-ին. Վերցված է 2018 թ․ հունիսի 27-ին. «The army recovered 249 dead bodies of Pakistani regular soldiers from the area of operations in Kargil; 244 dead bodies were buried as per military norms with religious rites; five bodies were accepted by Pakistan and taken back»
Pubby, Manu (2010 թ․ նոյեմբերի 19). «Kargil: Pak suffered most casualties at Batalik». The Indian Express. Վերցված է 2018 թ․ հունիսի 27-ին. «Indian records say a total of 249 bodies of Pakistani soldiers were recovered during the battle but estimates of total enemy casualties is put around 1000-1200.»
Kanwal, Gurmeet (2009). «Pakistan's Strategic Blunder at Kargil»(PDF). CLAWS Journal: 72. Արխիվացված է օրիգինալից(PDF) 2019 թ․ օգոստոսի 18-ին. Վերցված է 2018 թ․ հունիսի 27-ին. «The army recovered 249 dead bodies of Pakistani regular soldiers from the area of operations in Kargil; 244 dead bodies were buried as per military norms with religious rites; five bodies were accepted by Pakistan and taken back»
