History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c28.4

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Hunting, food gathering Mesolithic people used microliths to point and barb their arrows and also as knives and scrappers. Microliths have been found in large quantities from the Indian subcontinent. Sankalia (1962) pointed out that these microliths must have been made by people for the purpose of hunting and fishing as they lived in temporary camps near the river banks or sea-coasts. Arrow heads made of stone indicate that they used bows and arrows for hunting and fishing.