Moomal Ji Mari Mound

Moomal Ji Mari is situated in village Muthelo, 13 km south east of Ghotki town in Sukhur District. Mathelo is an ancient village situated on a high mound covering an area of about 60000 sq.m. At a distance of about 48000 sq.m out of this area are built the houses and hunts of villagers and the remaining 12000 sq.m lying in south west corner of the village is un-occupied mound. This mound is believed to represent the Moomali Ji Mari (Multi-Storey building of Moomal). It stands about 15 m high of the ground level and is almost vertical at ends. In the old cutting of the sides can be seen traces of old Hindu bricks. The pottery collected from the surface included both glazed and unglazed types but the latter type with a significant ratio of stamped ware dominated. The few glazed shards represented no form and belong to crude type.