shilkur

Updated: February 6, 2026

The letting is generally done by auction yearly. The fishing is called a shilkur; from shal, a net. In some of the tanks which are not so let, and where the native proprietor preserves the fish, first-class sport can be had.

James Inglis - Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier: Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter