Inland Customs Line
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The Inland Customs Line, incorporating the Great Hedge of India, was a customs barrier built by the British colonial rulers of India to prevent smuggling of salt from coastal regions in order to avoid
India in 1823
Allan Octavian Hume, pictured in 1889
Agra Canal construction work
Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India during the peak of the Inland Customs Department
Flacourtia indica
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Flacourtia indica, is a species of flowering plant native to much of Africa and tropical and temperate parts of Asia. It has various uses, including folk medicine, fuel, animal food and human food.
Inland Customs Line
…northwest to the princely states of Orissa, near the Bay of Bengal, in the southeast. The line was initially made of dead, thorny material such as the Indian plum but eventually evolved into a living hedge that grew up to 12 feet (3.7 m) high and was compared to the Great Wall of China. The Inland Customs Department…
Flacourtia indica fruit in Hyderabad W IMG 7482
The fruits of Flacourtia indica