 Under the rule of a local ruler Neroon, this small fishing village thrived upon the banks of the mighty Indus river.A nearby hill tract called the Ganjo Takker or "the bald (barren) hill", later attributed to as the Ganjo Range by British occupants, protected the town raising it above the level of the water and safe from flood calamities that were regular in neighbouring regions.Of popular tradition, the place came to be known as Neroon Kot نيرون ڪوٽ.