Gurmukhī is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad. Commonly regarded as a Sikh script, Gurmukhi is used in Punjab, India as the officia
Proto-Gurmukhī writing dated to c. 1470–1490 from the tomb of Rae Feroze in Hathur, Ludhiana, Punjab.
18th century fresco of a woman writing in Gurmukhī from Pothimala, Guru Harsahai, Punjab.
Photograph of a pathasala class held at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, 1908. Pinned on the tree, there is a poster of the thirty-five glyphs of the Gurmukhi script, known in Punjabi as the painti akhri.
Photograph of folios written in laṛīvāră (scriptio continua) Gurmukhī script
Punjab is a state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states and union territories of Himachal Pradesh to th
Gurmukhi
…from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). Commonly regarded as a Sikh script, Gurmukhi is used in Punjab, India as the official script of the Punjabi language. Historically, it was also used for Sindhi. The primary scripture of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, is…
Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab UNAG
Bird at Harike Wetlands, Punjab
Takhat Sri Kesgarh Sahib Anandpur Sahib