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Siraj-ji-Takri or Seeraj-ji-Takri is a Buddhist archaeological site located in
Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
, Pakistan. The Buddhist city of Siraj-ji-Takri is located along the western limestone terraces of the Rohri Hills in the Khairpur District of Upper Sindh. Its ruins are still visible on the top of three different mesas, in the form of stone and mud-brick walls and small mounds, whilst other architectural remains were observed along the slopes of the hills in the 1980s.


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{{Khairpur District Archaeological sites in Sindh Buddhism in Pakistan Former populated places in Pakistan Buddhist sites in Pakistan Khairpur District Biagi P., Spataro M. and Nisbet R. 2002 - A Buddhist Town at Seeraj in Upper Sindh (Khairpur, Pakistan): Historical, Chronological, Archaeometrical and Archaeobotanical Aspects. Rivista di Archeologia, XXVI: 16-29. Biagi P. 2004 - Buddhism in Sindh & the Destruction of the City of Seeraj. Sindh Watch, Winter 2003 (4): 29-30. Washington.