Great Hedge of India: The Living Wall Built to Tax Salt

Imagine a wall of thorns so thick a man could not push through it, running across the belly of India for more than a thousand miles — taller than a person, wider than a car, patrol

This is not a legend or a colonial tall tale.

To understand the hedge, you have to understand the obsession behind it: salt.

The problem with a high tax is smuggling.

How the Inland Customs Line became a hedge