Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.40

c8.40

Natural boundaries too belong to the category of visible boundaries, particularly hills and rivers which serve to divide two adjacent countries or adjacent villages. Tall trees, as for instance holy fig-trees, palms, bamboos, banyan trees are likewise pointed out and further shrubs and briers, heaps of stones, natural or artificial elevations, ant-hills, lakes, ponds, wells, cisterns, canals, streets, depressions, ditches, sanctuaries, temples etc. serve the same purpose.