On the necropolis of 'Chaukhandi' stands the tomb of one Jam Murid bin Haji, which contains the word "Chaukhandi", along with the name of the deceased. Shaikh Khurshid Hasan therefore considered "Chaukhandi" to be the name of the place. More so, when Banerji visited the Chaukhandi graveyard in 1920, he referred it as "the little village Chaukhandi". According to Mumtaz Hassan, "Chaw" in Sindhi language means "four" and "Khundi" "corner" or "pillar". "Chaukhandi" would refer to the four pillars supporting the umbrella shaped dome over the tomb and would apply to all tombs having the same construction. However, this argument has flaws because all the tombs covered with umbrella shaped domes or with a rectangular pavilion at Chaukhandi have more than four pillars or columns. Even at Mangophir, a canopy over similar graves has more than four pillars. As regards to the suggestion that "Chaukhandi" is the name of a place, Mumtaz Hassan feels that such a view derives from the fact that the name Chaukhandi had come to be associated with the tombs near Landhi. As mentioned above, on one tomb the word "Chaukhandi" is engraved. That might signify the location rather than the structural style of the monument. It is therefore possible that the word "Chaukhandi", originally referring to the style of construction, became associated with one particular site.