An independent reading roomHistory · Language · Living heritage

Two places, their evidence close

Compare place references.

Put two sourced locations side by side. Read what each point represents before comparing it with another.

Compare historical periods and evidence

The default comparison and its evidence links are available below. To browse other references, use the atlas list; comparison controls appear when the interactive tools load.

Showing two documented references.

Point references, their scope and evidence
Evidence fieldAmritsar: settlement, sarovar and cityMultan: shrines, craft and the old fort
Point coordinate31.6317° N, 74.8717° E30.1833° N, 71.5000° E
What this point representsAmritsar district orientation point from the circa-2011 industrial profile; not a city centroid, shrine location or historical boundaryShah Rukn-e-Alam tomb at Multan Fort, used as a labelled heritage reference for Multan; not a city centroid or boundary
Precision and provenancedistrict reference coordinate from historical government profilerounded monument reference coordinate in the 2004 State Party submission
Article’s historical focusSixteenth century onwardMedieval heritage to the present
Coordinate evidenceMSME Development Institute Ludhiana, Government of India ↗

Printed pp. 2–3: General Characteristics, Location & Topography; pp. 7–9: industrial sections

Open the evidence note
Department of Archaeology and Museums, Pakistan; UNESCO Tentative Lists ↗

Description paragraphs 1–3; submission metadata and coordinate field

Open the evidence note

Keep the geographical scale visible

A monument point, a district reference and an institution address describe different things. Historical focus belongs to the article; coordinate provenance belongs to its source. This comparison preserves both without calculating distances or drawing boundaries.

History grows clearer when we can check it.

How we use sources, explain uncertainty and correct mistakes.

Our approach