Indus Civilization economic strategies have traditionally been reconstructed from a land-based focus. However, marine, estuarine and river fishing was, and remains, an important aspect of South Asian food procurement and foodways. While great strides have been taken in understanding the types of fish exploited and the methods used to catch these fish, the initial stages in creating a fishing strategy, the choice of materials used to create fishing technologies, remain abstracted due to preservation problems. Through careful analogy with modern plant remains this paper explores the types of fiber that may have been exploited by Indus fisherfolk. Comparisons between the range of plants exploited by Indus peoples and the functionality of these taxa suggest that there was a diversity of materials available. Bast fibers would likely have been most suited to net production, and numerous taxa can be seen in the Indus archaeobotanical and athracological assemblages. Combined with textiles, fiber impressions, artefactual and motif evidence, both within and contemporary to the Indus Civilization it can be suggested that Indus fisherfolks were familiar with bast fiber creation technologies, net and line making.

印度文明的经济策略传统上是从陆地为基础的。但是，海洋，河口和河流捕鱼一直是，而且仍然是南亚粮食采购和食物途径的重要方面。尽管在理解所开发鱼的种类和捕获这些鱼的方法方面已取得了长足的进步，但由于保存问题，制定钓鱼策略的初始阶段，用于创建钓鱼技术的材料的选择仍然是抽象的。通过对现代植物遗迹的仔细比喻，本文探讨了印度梧桐可能利用的纤维类型。印度人开发的植物范围与这些分类单元的功能之间的比较表明，存在各种可用的材料。韧皮纤维很可能最适合净生产，在印度梧桐的古植物学和运动学研究中可以看到大量的分类单元。在印度文明的内部和当代，结合纺织品，纤维印记，人工制品和图案证据，可以表明印度河渔民熟悉韧皮纤维制造技术，网和线的制作。