Ramu

Ramu lies on the Bakkhali River in the coastal country south of Chittagong, between the hills and the Bay of Bengal. The settlement appears on early European maps of the coast, and its Buddhist temples bear witness to the region's long religious connections with Arakan. The surrounding lands formed part of the wider country contested by Arakan and Bengal until the Mughal conquest of Chittagong in 1666. Rivers and coastal routes linked Ramu to both sides of the bay.