![]() These customs houses were eventually formed into a continuous barrier that was brought under the control of the Inland Customs Department in 1843. The line had its beginnings in a series of customs houses established in Bengal in 1803 to prevent the smuggling of salt to avoid the tax. ![]() The customs line was begun under the East India Company and continued into direct British rule. The Inland Customs Line, incorporating the Great Hedge of India (or Indian Salt Hedge ), was a customs barrier built by the British colonial rulers of India to prevent smuggling of salt from coastal regions in order to avoid the substantial salt tax. The route of the 1870s Inland Customs Line (red) and Great Hedge (green)
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