Moomal Ji Mari ( sd, مومل جي ماڙي) is an archaeological site in a village near

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in the

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. It is located on a high mound at a distance of from

Ghotki Ghotki ( ur, ; sd, گهوٽڪي) is a city in northern Sindh, Pakistan. It is the headquarter of Ghotki District. It is the 87th largest city of Pakistan by population. Ghotki is famous for Pera Sweet. History According to Mirza Kalich Beg ...

city, and is surrounded by a fort or fortress. The site is spread over an area of . The mound of Moomal Ji Mari is about high. Many clay toys and artifacts were found through archaeological excavation, along with the remains of walls made from baked and unbaked bricks. Glazed and unglazed shards of pottery of different kinds was observed on the mound. It is believed to be house of Moomal, a daughter of Raja Nand who constructed a palace for her on the mound. This palace was built around 590 AD during the reign of Rai Sahasi II. in

Rai dynasty The Rai dynasty (c. 489–632 CE) was a polity of ancient Sindh. Scholarship Pre-Islamic Sindh has been the subject of voluminous scholarship concerning the eve of Arab conquests; otherwise, the paucity of source materials remains a severe hi ...

of Sindh. A cultural complex has been built by the Antiquities department, Government of Sindh. Some historians relate it to the love tale of Momal Rano of

Soomra Dynasty The Soomra (or Soomro) dynasty (, '' lit.'' the family/dynasty of the Soomras) was a late medieval dynasty of Sindh, and at times adjacent regions, located in what is now Pakistan. Sources The only contemporary literary source remains the ' ...

of Sindh. Rano was Sodho by caste. File:Momal mari m.jpg File:Momal ji Mari.jpg

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