Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c5.170
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c5.170
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c5.170
FISHERIES. Fishing of course formed a very important occupation and fisheries an important addition to the national wealth of those days. Fish was largely consumed. Besides being the usual food of those living near the river and sea-tracts,¹⁰ it was sold and consumed by others.¹¹ Both the net and the line (*jāla* : *bālisa*) were used to catch fish.¹² Basket-traps (*kumināni*) were also set in pits and holes of the rivers to capture them.¹³ Line and net fisher-men were differentiated.¹⁴ Fish of various kinds were known.¹⁵