History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c28.7

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Since no fishing implements have been excavated from Nal, it can be inferred that the usual methods of fishing by nets and angling were not applicable to torrential streams. Then the methods of fishing must have been by damming small channels and allowing them to run dry or by poisoning the pools with certain plant juices which stupefy the fish and cause them to float on the water surface. Such methods of fishing though considered illegal, are still practiced at many places in the hills.