Similarities: Mathura has been an important settlement for more than 2500 years ago.It was important because it was located on important trade routes.The people in Mathura worked as goldsmiths, blacksmiths, weavers,basket makers, garland makers, perfumers. In Present times , people in cities are goldsmiths and others are present in the villages.
Difference: In present times we can find people who work in offices, bank, school, colleges, etc, but they were not present in those days. The progress of science and technology has made useful achievements in every field of our life.But in earlier times, there were no such advancements and people had to do more hardwork and suffered a lot.