Assam lies along the northeastern chain of India, sprawling on the south of the eastern Himalayas along the great valleys of Brahmaputra and Barak River. The second largest northeastern state is expansively bordered by the territories of Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west through the chicken chain of Siliguri Corridor. Dispur is the capital city of Assam