Sikh scriptures
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The principal Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth, more commonly called the Guru Granth Sahib. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs is the Dasam Granth. Both of these consist of text which wa
Palm-leaf manuscript (pothi) attributed to Guru Nanak and claimed to have been compiled and authored by him
Illustration of Guru Arjan with the Adi Granth before him from 'The Sikh Religion' (1909)
Part of Japji Sahib, a section of a Guru Granth Sahib manuscript from Guru Ka Bagh, Banaras, now housed at Bhai Gurdas Library G.N.D.U.
Page from the illuminated Bhai Mani Singh bir (manuscript) of the Dasam Granth dated to the early part of the 18th century
Gurmukhi
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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
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.
18th century fresco of a woman writing in Gurmukhī from Pothimala, Guru Harsahai, Punjab.
Photograph of folios written in laṛīvāră (scriptio continua) Gurmukhī script
Proto-Gurmukhī writing dated to c. 1470–1490 from the tomb of Rae Feroze in Hathur, Ludhiana, Punjab.