[Rockhounds] OT: The 3,700-km long 'Great Hedge of India'

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hmr15

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 8:22 PM Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:

> This is off-topic. However, I never heard of this before and
> sounded like a case of history that someone felt was better
> left forgotten.
>
> The 'Great Hedge of India’
> PDF file:
>
> https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/47/009/47009689.pdf?r=1
> Abstract: https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:47009689
>
> “The 'Great Hedge of India', a 3,700 kilometre-long hedge
> installed by the British customs to safeguard the colonial
> salt tax system and avoid salt smuggling
>
> Inland Customs Line - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Customs_Line
>
> The British Once Built a 1,100-Mile Hedge Through the Middle of India
> Atlas Obscura
> https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/colonial-india-british-hedge-salt-tax
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
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