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their script helped in the growth of the Kharosthi script that was used in Gandhar and Sindhi and largely in the Punjab between 300 BC and 3rd century AD.
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Persians ruled in the Punjab in the 3rd and 4th centuries BC. It does not concern us here whether the script was foreign or local, but it has now been established, on the basis of internal evidence,(what internal evidence?) that no matter its name, the Aryans did have a system of writing which must have been borrowed freely from local scripts. According to an opinion, (?) the Brahmi script was introduced between the 8th and the 6th centuries BC. Brahmi is an Aryan script which was developed by the Aryans and adapted to local needs. It is commonly accepted that Gurmukhi is a member of the Brahmi family. The letters no doubt existed before the time of Guru Angad Dev (even of Guru Nanak) as they had their origin in the Brahmi, but the origin of the script is attributed to Guru Angad Dev. The word Gurmukhi seems to have gained currency from the use of these letters to record the sayings coming from the mukh (literally mouth or lips) of the ( Sikh) Gurus. Gurmukhi characters are even older than Devanagari. It is an evolute from the old Brahmi script like Devanagari and other scripts of the area like Sharda, Takri, Mahajani etc. It is used in the Sikh scripture and in contemporary India. GURMUKHI is the name of the script used in writing primarily Punjabi and, secondarily, Sindhi language.