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There is a reference to the net for catching fish in the Yajurveda. 126 Describing the connection of various animals with different deities, the Yajurveda connects .the matsya along with jalakukkuta and karandava with the 127 deity Nadipat... This shows that the Aryans in the Vedic age were familiar with the fishes found in rivers and seas. In the Ramayana there is a reference to two types of fishes. 128. (1) Sea fishes like timingala jhasa' Sand (2) Lake (pond ) fishes, like Rohita, Vakrakunda and Nadamana. 129 The Mahabharata also mentions a particular variety viz. the 126. yajurveda . 2.24021, 2.30.16. 127. tadeva . 2.24.34. 128. ramayana sundarakanda, 97. tannakumakarakirna timimgilajnasakulam | vayuvegasamadhutam pannagairiva sagaram || 129. ramayana aranyakanda, 73.14-15. ghrtapindopaman sthulamstan dvijan bhaksayisyayah | lohitan vakratundasca nadaminamsca raghava || pampaya misubhirmasyamstatra rama varan hatan | nistvakpacanayastapta nakrsanekakamtakan ||

147 fish of golden colour found in the clear waters of Puskarini. A further description of the fishes living in the ponds is 131 given in the fable of three fishes narrated by Bhlsma. This indicates that the people of the epic age had a fair knowledge of fishes in relation to the environment. much advanced. In the Calukyan period the Science of Ichthyology was This is evident from the very words of king Somesvara that there are innumerable species of fish, and hence it is rather impossible to count them. 132 Further, 133 Somesvara divides fishes under two heads (1) Carmaja, and (2) Salkaja. sub-divided into two classes, viz. (1) Sthula and as below: These two types are further (2) Suksma. The fishes which have their body covered with drumacarma or fat and posses thick skin and have no scales are called Carmaja types of fishes, while those having 134 scales on the whole body are called Salkaja. 130. mahabharata sabhaparva . 3-31. padmasaugandhikavata nanadijaganayutam | puspitaih pankajaiscitram kurmairmatsyaisca kancanaih | citrasphatikasopanam nispankasalilam subham || 131. mahabharata santiparva 137. 3-7. 132. matsyah syurbahujatiya gananagocara na te || 4. 14.1381. 133. te ca jatya dvidha jneyascarmajah salkaja iti || 4. 14. 1382. 134. grai a faur gear: Pymaeulakan: 1 a ma drumacarmapinadvangascarmajah salkavarjitah || 4. 140 1383. 130

148 That the environment greatly affects the form and the size of the fishes, has been clearly pointed out by Somesvara. The fishes named Kovasaka, Khirada etc. possessing thick skin and found in the rivulets, have a big body. The Patalapicaka and the Dantapatala types of fishes, found 135 There are in the rivers, possess a middle-sized body. some types of fishes which are found in the rivulets and possess small body. The Pandimina fish, which is Salkaja type found in the sea, possesses a big body (4.14.1388-98). Further Somesvara refers to different kinds of food given to different kinds of fishes. After feeding the fish in different places properly, the king should go with his angling rod to the place which abounds in fish. With rod and line he should amuse himself by catching fish.