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History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c28.s2.16

History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c28.s2.16

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(1) Role of fisheries during shortage of food : Book IV, Chapter III, deals with remedies against national calamities under famines. The passage is significant for it shows that in the ancient days the invading armies carried a supply of dried fish with them. As such, the art of processing fish must have been known to those people.