The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro on the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus River known as Neroon Kot ( Sindhi : Ù Ù Ø Ù Ù Ù Ú Ù Ù 1\/2 ) . The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot ( Sindhi : Ù Ù Ø Ù Ù Ù Ú Ù Ù 1\/2 ) .