Extracts from a journal kept during a tour of inspection on the Manipur Frontier along the course of the Ningthee River, &c. in January 1832

[124] Route across the Angoching hills.
Maylung nala – road passes through a forest of keoo, teak, saul, cotton, and other trees: innumerable and recent tracks of the wild elephant, tiger, rhinoceros, bear, boar, cattle, and deer. of various descriptions. Six wild elephants came to the nala together to drink ; they were of a very large size.
* Captain F.T. Grant of the Manipur Levy - Francis John Grant
Angoching is a hill range that lies in the Indo-Myanmar frontier. It is one of Manipur's eastern hills that form a continuous chain along the Indo-Myanmar border for approximately 200 km, with an average height of 1,500 m. This hill range is bounded by the Chamu River in the west, Myanmar in the east, and Kachouphung in the north.