A History of Agriculture in India v2.c75.s10: Fisheries

v2.c75.s10.1

The *Ain-i-Akbari* tells us that fish formed an important part of the people’s food in Bengal and Orissa, and also in Sind. Travellers record that its use was common in the south of India, and that it was sometimes dried and salted for provisioning ships. Fish-oil was prepared in Sind, the use of fish-manure was established in Gujarat when Thevenot visited Surat in 1666, and, speaking generally, it may be reasonably assumed that the fisheries were conducted very much on the familiar lines.