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Roopa Mari

SindhSettlementProtected
Roopa Mari is located approximately 05 km south-west of Lakho Pir village, it can be accessed from Dodo-Chanesar link road. The site of Roopa Mari is a ruined site, which has been destroyed by local people, the present remains evident on the site are in a circular and cone shaped mound, left as a dump by villagers. The measurements of the mound are nearly 54m in circumference with a height of about 7.5m. high from the surrounding surface area. It is a very high mound with debris of over fired bricks and brick bats spread all over the site and very sparse cultural material mostly damaged due to natural action and human vagaries hence unidentifiable, and further there were traces of mud brick platform below the mound visible on its southern edge. There are also traces of a burnt brick mosque on the southern side of the mound. There is a tomb of Dodo Soomro (a legendry ruler of Soomra dynasty) situated on the eastern side of the mound, whereas the grave of Chanesar (brother of Dodo Soomro) is situated at a short distance of the tomb of Dodo Soomro. There is a recent graveyard on the northern side of the mound.
Record ID
9983
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Badin
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Settlement
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
24.35916, 68.84558 — 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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