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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_member7" data-source="post: 94630" data-attributes="member: 2306"><p>Source : <a href="http://www.sikhyaseekers.net/word/THE%20ORIGIN%20OF%20GURMUKHI%20SCRIPT.doc" target="_blank">http://www.sikhyaseekers.net/word/THE%20ORIGIN%20OF%20GURMUKHI%20SCRIPT.doc</a> </p><p></p><p>I am pasting below some inportant points of the document : </p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Gurmukhi script, particularly its name 'Gurmukhi', irks some scholars beyond the limits of scholarly patience. Unfortunately some of these scholars do not know that it is a script and are completely ignorant of the history of Indian scripts. Others, who have reasonable information about the history of our scripts, simply pick up some letters from some old works and declare, "these letters were prevalent before the time of Guru Nanak, therefore, it is proved that Gurmukhi existed before the time of the Sikh Gurus." One such scholar is Mr. Chaman Lal, who in his article published in the Magazine, Indian <em>Horizons' states</em>....... <strong>Gurmukhi lineage is traced to Brahmi script</strong>. The Gurmukhi Script came into existence much before the advent of the Sikh Gurus."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Mr Chaman Lal, whose remarks, that 'Gurmukhi lineage can be traced to Brahmi is correct. Now, when all of us know that the scripts of Indian origin have developed from Brahmi, it is but natural that some, if not all, letters of the old script do exist in the new from which has developed from the old one.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is therefore, correct that most of the letters of Gurmukhi did exist before the time of the Gurus, but the Gurmukhi script did not exist</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Renowed palaeographer Gaurishankar Hira Chand Ojha, who is accepted as an authority on Indian scripts, accepts that <em>Gurmukhi </em>was given its present form by the Sikh Gurus, and also says that Takri and <em>Gurinukhi </em>both have originated from <em>Sharda </em>script. By comparing the charts of different scripts presented by him, we find that in general character Gurmukhi is nearer <em>to Sharda </em>than Takri, but it <em>(Gurmukhi) </em>has more letters common with Takri, than it has with <em>Sharda.</em></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em></em></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em></em></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">While shaping this new alphabet Guru Angad ji retained some important characteristics of Indian palaeography :</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">a) He retained the system of representing vowel sounds with the symbols called <em>matras or lagas.</em></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">b) Uniformity in height and length of letters was also kept intact - the height of q is the sole exception.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">c) The method of representing vowel nasalization with binddi (and tippi)is also in conformity with Indian system.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">d) The arrangement of letters of alphabet in accordance with the place of articulation is also according to scientific lines adopted by ancient Indian palaeographers.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">c) As stated earlier Guru ji borrowed most of the letters from other Indian scripts.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member7, post: 94630, member: 2306"] Source : [URL="http://www.sikhyaseekers.net/word/THE%20ORIGIN%20OF%20GURMUKHI%20SCRIPT.doc"]http://www.sikhyaseekers.net/word/THE%20ORIGIN%20OF%20GURMUKHI%20SCRIPT.doc[/URL] I am pasting below some inportant points of the document : [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Gurmukhi script, particularly its name 'Gurmukhi', irks some scholars beyond the limits of scholarly patience. Unfortunately some of these scholars do not know that it is a script and are completely ignorant of the history of Indian scripts. Others, who have reasonable information about the history of our scripts, simply pick up some letters from some old works and declare, "these letters were prevalent before the time of Guru Nanak, therefore, it is proved that Gurmukhi existed before the time of the Sikh Gurus." One such scholar is Mr. Chaman Lal, who in his article published in the Magazine, Indian [I]Horizons' states[/I]....... [B]Gurmukhi lineage is traced to Brahmi script[/B]. The Gurmukhi Script came into existence much before the advent of the Sikh Gurus." [FONT=Arial]Mr Chaman Lal, whose remarks, that 'Gurmukhi lineage can be traced to Brahmi is correct. Now, when all of us know that the scripts of Indian origin have developed from Brahmi, it is but natural that some, if not all, letters of the old script do exist in the new from which has developed from the old one.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]It is therefore, correct that most of the letters of Gurmukhi did exist before the time of the Gurus, but the Gurmukhi script did not exist [FONT=Arial]Renowed palaeographer Gaurishankar Hira Chand Ojha, who is accepted as an authority on Indian scripts, accepts that [I]Gurmukhi [/I]was given its present form by the Sikh Gurus, and also says that Takri and [I]Gurinukhi [/I]both have originated from [I]Sharda [/I]script. By comparing the charts of different scripts presented by him, we find that in general character Gurmukhi is nearer [I]to Sharda [/I]than Takri, but it [I](Gurmukhi) [/I]has more letters common with Takri, than it has with [I]Sharda. [/I] [FONT=Arial]While shaping this new alphabet Guru Angad ji retained some important characteristics of Indian palaeography :[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]a) He retained the system of representing vowel sounds with the symbols called [I]matras or lagas.[/I][/FONT] b) Uniformity in height and length of letters was also kept intact - the height of q is the sole exception. [FONT=Arial]c) The method of representing vowel nasalization with binddi (and tippi)is also in conformity with Indian system.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]d) The arrangement of letters of alphabet in accordance with the place of articulation is also according to scientific lines adopted by ancient Indian palaeographers.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]c) As stated earlier Guru ji borrowed most of the letters from other Indian scripts.[/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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