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 Company Divided North & South India With 4000 Kms Living Wall Of Tress. ILLUSTRATION: NIGEL SUSSMAN
Great Hedge of India
Dividing the plains of the north from the peninsular south, the Great Hedge of India or the Indian Salt Hedge was a ‘living wall' running from Layyah on River Indus to Multan, Jalalpur, Pirwala, Fazilka, Hissar, Delhi, Agra, Etawah, Jhansi, Sagar, Khandwa till Burhanpur on the River Tapti.
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