Heritage record
Mangrian-jo-Daro
SindhSettlementProtected
Mangrian-jo-Daro lies about 11 km south-east of Kario Ghanwar, it can be accessed from Badin-Golarchi Road towards Allah Dino Nizamani village and further via earthen track to Mangrian-jo-Daro. Mangrian-jo-Daro is divided in two parts, mound-01 (north-west) and mound-02 (south-east). The dimensions of the Mound-01 are 82 m in length, 63 m in breadth and approximately 5.1 m high from the surrounding plains, Mound-02 is 92 m in length, 62 m in breadth, it is about 4 m high from the surrounding area. The cultural repertoire on the surface included: Plain, painted black on red ware, glazed pottery, black ware, incised pottery, almost similar type and design of pottery has been found from quite a number of sites of Badin and Tando Mohammed Khan district. Terracotta objects included a humble bubble, handle, animal figurine, terracotta quern, terracotta ball, iron nails, shells, sandstone, stone grinder etc.
- Record ID
- 10001
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Badin
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 24.74933, 68.64949 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Shiekh, Nilofer. (2021). Documentation of the Heritage Sites and Monuments of Sindh. Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh.
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