 The people of the Moran tribe lived to the south of the Dihing(Diroi) while the Chutia people lived north of the Dihing.The Morans often crossed the Dihing and set up their markets in Moranhat.Finally, after the fall of Chutia kingdom, the region was occupied by the Ahoms whose king Suhungmung built his capital in Bokota near the banks of the Dihing river.