Called the Inland Customs Line, the East India Company divided North and South India with a 4000 kms long living wall of trees to maintain its Salt Monopoly. This wall of trees was 8 to 12 feet in height and 4 to 14 feet thick. After the Great Wall of China this was the longest structure made from vegetation. The hedge was routinely set on fire by revolting Indian sepoys to fund the War of Independence.
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How East India C...
