Talak

Talak lies in the river country of central Arakan, beneath the western slopes of the Arakan Mountains. The Talak, also called Dalet, is a navigable waterway leading towards the coastal plain. A route across the mountains followed this valley, joining Arakan to the interior of Burma. Together with the passes at Ann and Taungup, it provided a way through the forested ridge that separates the Bay of Bengal coast from the Irrawaddy basin.