Places, with their context
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48 documented point references. Numbers match the list below. A heritage or institution reference locates that particular site; open its record for the precise scope and source.
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Markers are numbered to match the list below. A leader line connects a displaced number to its recorded coordinate.
Showing 48 mapped records.
Reference 1 · Southern Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Medieval heritage to the present
Shah Rukn-e-Alam tomb at Multan Fort, used as a labelled heritage reference for Multan; not a city centroid or boundary
Reference 2 · Pakistan Punjab; Pothohar
Article focus: Nineteenth century to contemporary conservation
Haveli Sujan Singh in Rawalpindi’s old city; used as a heritage reference, not a city centroid or boundary
Reference 3 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Early modern history to modern district formation
A documented heritage reference within Kasur city; not a district centroid or territorial boundary
Reference 4 · Indian Punjab
Article focus: Early modern settlement to twentieth-century industry
ICAR–Indian Institute of Maize Research, PAU campus, Ludhiana; an institutional reference within the city, not its centre or boundary
Reference 5 · Indian Punjab; Beas–Sutlej tract
Article focus: Regional geography to twentieth-century transnational links
Kapurthala heritage setting, represented by the district’s Jagatjit Palace visitor reference; not a boundary or centroid of Doaba
Reference 6 · Northern Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Geological landscape to historic fortification and modern research
Rohtas Fort, Jhelum district, a labelled heritage reference toward the Jhelum side of Pothohar; not the plateau’s boundary or centroid
Reference 7 · Kartarpur, Narowal district, Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Guru Nanak’s final years to the 2019 corridor
Kartarpur, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan, as referenced by the site’s PMU map; not the shrine’s surveyed footprint or exact sanctum coordinate
Reference 8 · Amritsar, Indian Punjab
Article focus: Late sixteenth century to contemporary care
Sri Harmandir Sahib complex, Amritsar; approximate site reference rather than an exact sanctum location or city boundary
Reference 9 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Mughal period to the present
Lahore city orientation point; not the Walled City, a municipal boundary or a historical extent
Reference 10 · Indian Punjab
Article focus: Sixteenth century onward
Amritsar district orientation point from the circa-2011 industrial profile; not a city centroid, shrine location or historical boundary
Reference 11 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Fourth to second millennia BCE
Present-day archaeological site in Sahiwal district; not an ancient city boundary
Reference 12 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Mughal period · 1641–42
Present-day location of the Shalamar Gardens component, 171-002; not a historical boundary
Reference 13 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Mughal, Sikh and colonial periods
Present-day Lahore Fort component, 171-001; not an earlier fort boundary or exact event site
Reference 14 · Pakistan Punjab and connected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sites
Article focus: Prehistoric, ancient and medieval phases
Sirkap component 139-004, used as a clearly labelled representative of the wider Taxila landscape; not the serial-property boundary
Reference 15 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Eighteenth century to the present
Ranjit Singh birthplace haveli, a heritage reference within Gujranwala; not a city centroid or boundary
Reference 16 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Mughal period to the present
Akbari Baoli within Gujrat town, used as a heritage reference; not a city centroid or boundary
Reference 17 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Late nineteenth century to the present
Attock Khurd station near the historic Indus crossing; not the centre or boundary of modern Attock city
Reference 18 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Colonial period to the present
Inventoried temple within Chakwal city, not a reference to Katas Raj or to the whole district
Reference 19 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Early sixteenth century to the present
Takht-i-Babri platform near Kallar Kahar; not a boundary for the lake or an outline of Bagh-i-safa
Reference 20 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Nineteenth century to the present
Inventoried Hindu Temple A within Narowal, a city heritage reference; not a district boundary or point at Kartarpur
Reference 21 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Early modern period to the twentieth century
Bari Masjid within Pasrur, a heritage reference; not a town boundary or the unverified pond location
Reference 22 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Early modern period and later heritage interpretation
Sheikhupura Fort in the town, a heritage reference; not Hiran Minar, a city centroid or a district boundary
Reference 23 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Fifteenth century to the present
Baba Guru Nanak University at Adampura, an educational reference for Nankana Sahib; not Janam Asthan, a city centroid or a boundary
Reference 24 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Ancient period to the present
Inventoried ruined settlement at Sangla Hill; not the entire modern town or a guessed ancient city boundary
Reference 25 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Medieval associations to the present
Shrine of Hazrat Abul Khair Nau Lakh Hazari in Shahkot; not a town boundary or the geological outcrop west of town
Reference 26 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Early medieval period to the present
Chunian Mound B, a recorded archaeological site within the town; not a city centroid or an invented ancient boundary
Reference 27 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: 1920s to the present
University of Okara campus reference at Renala Khurd bypass; not Okara city centre, a Renala town centroid or a boundary
Reference 28 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Twentieth century to the present
HEC University of Sahiwal campus map reference near Farid Town Road; not a city centroid,boundary or precise present entrance
Reference 29 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Early modern period to the present
Shahi Masjid heritage point in Chiniot; not a city centroid or district boundary
Reference 30 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Medieval settlement evidence and modern textile life
Tibba Chak 686/27 A in Kamalia tehsil, outside the town; not a city centroid or boundary
Reference 31 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Twentieth-century observation and twenty-first-century research
Noorpur Thal meteorological observatory reference in PMD directory; not a town centroid, boundary or whole tehsil
Reference 32 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Administrative and educational history, 1901 to the present
University of Mianwali campus reference in HEC profile; not Mianwali town centre, district boundary or AIOU regional campus
Reference 33 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Colonial townscape, Partition memory and twenty-first-century education
Thal University reference on University Road; not the old town centre or a municipal boundary
Reference 34 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Nineteenth-century administration to twenty-first-century education
University of Layyah reference at Katchehry Road; not a town centroid or district boundary
Reference 35 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Late nineteenth-century trade and twenty-first-century education
Alipur headquarters settlement in the 1885 gazetteer; distinct from its tehsil centre and present municipal boundaries
Reference 36 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Early twentieth-century relocation to contemporary urban institutions
Ghazi University reference in the modern city; not the historical town or cantonment
Reference 37 · Pakistan Punjab
Article focus: Late nineteenth-century municipal history to contemporary public services
DHQ Hospital Rajanpur, Katchahry Road; not the town centroid or the whole district
Reference 38 · Lahore, Punjab
Article focus: Historical and modern
Delhi Gate reference point, Lahore; not a boundary
Reference 39 · Punjab, Pakistan
Article focus: Historical and modern
Panja Sahib gurdwara reference point, Hasan Abdal; not a boundary
Reference 40 · Jhelum district, Punjab, Pakistan
Article focus: 16th century to present
Fort reference point; not its boundary
Reference 41 · Cholistan, Punjab, Pakistan
Article focus: Early history uncertain; 18th century to present
Representative point for Derawar Fort, Bahawalpur district; not the fort or desert boundary
Reference 42 · Shahdara, Lahore, Pakistan
Article focus: 17th century to present
Jahangir’s tomb reference point, Lahore; not a boundary
Reference 43 · Shahdara, Lahore, Pakistan
Article focus: 17th century to present
Nur Jahan’s tomb reference point, Lahore; not a boundary
Reference 44 · Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Article focus: 19th century to present
Hazuri Bagh reference point, Lahore; not a boundary
Reference 45 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Article focus: Fourteenth century to the present
Shah Rukn-e-Alam shrine reference point, Multan; not a boundary
Reference 46 · Punjab, Pakistan
Article focus: Historical and modern
Prahladpuri temple reference point, Multan; not a boundary
Reference 47 · Salt Range, Punjab
Article focus: Historical
Katas Raj temples; not a boundary
Reference 48 · Salt Range, Punjab
Article focus: Historical
Malot temple reference point, Salt Range; not a boundary
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These historical documents offer different views of Punjab. They are presented in their original records; old boundaries and place names should not be treated as present-day ones.
1907–1909 · Colonial atlas
A map from volume 20 of the Imperial Gazetteer of India shows the province and its administrative divisions as depicted in a British colonial reference work. It reflects the categories and boundaries used by its makers at that time.
The map numbers five colonial administrative divisions: Delhi, Lahore, Jullundur, Rawalpindi and Multan. It shows rivers and railways and colours princely states yellow. Names, boundaries and political categories reflect the source’s colonial date and viewpoint; they are not a present-day map.
View the map at the Digital South Asia Library ↗ · Read the guide to colonial maps
1931 evidence · 2024 reconstruction
Plum Xu’s external research project maps agricultural information from the 1931 Punjab census. Its author describes tracing district boundaries from an atlas and reconstructing canal networks from a census map. These are later reconstructions of colonial records, not surveyed property boundaries or a map of the 1947 award.
The historical sheet used for the district tracing is plate 34, “Punjab, Delhi and Punjab States”, in the 1931 revised Imperial Gazetteer of India atlas. It shows the colonial administrative geography of its own date, before the 1947 partition.
View the 1931 atlas sheet and its catalogue details ↗ · Explore “Mapping the Punjab” by Plum Xu ↗ · Read the district layer’s methods and credits ↗ · How to read canal maps · Reading census reports
The external interactive project may require JavaScript. Its district-layer metadata describes hand-traced boundaries and credits the 1931 atlas; it does not state a reuse licence. Census categories and interpretations should be read in their historical context.
1947 · Partition
The National Archives describes a 1947 map of Punjab with red boundary markings. A historical map is evidence of its own production and annotations; its lines should be read with the record and the history of the Radcliffe Award.
Open the National Archives map record ↗ · Read about map versions · The Radcliffe Award
1951–2024 · Administrative change
India State Stories documents changing state and district administrations and describes a series digitised from the Census of India’s administrative atlas. Its 1941–1971 files are clipped to present-day Indian boundaries, so they cannot show the whole of pre-Partition Punjab. The project also cautions that digitisation introduces error.
Read the dataset descriptions and access information ↗ · Explore India’s administrative evolution ↗ · Punjab’s 1966 reorganisation
The project says access to its map files requires a request. Its datasets and external interfaces are not hosted by this site.
The optional dashed outline is an approximation of the Sikh Empire for 1836–1839 from the Cliopatria historical GIS dataset, cropped to this diagram’s view. It is one reconstruction, not a surveyed line, a modern boundary, an ethnic or language area, or a claim that any point lay inside the historical state. The map’s limited extent cuts off parts of the reconstruction. The dataset does not identify an underlying historical map for this individual polygon, and we have not independently verified the line. The article-focus filter does not alter or date the outline or coordinates. Dataset: Seshat Global History Databank, Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0; the selected polygon was projected into this diagram, rounded and visually clipped. Read the dataset methods and limitations. Each place retains its own coordinate source and scope.
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