Gutka

ca. 1723
Dr. Gurpal Singh Bhuller collection

Early Gutka (small book of hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib) taken to England from Punjab after the Sikh Wars (1845 - 1849) by a British soldier as a souvenir. By the time of the Sikh Wars this Gutka was already a very old manuscript and must have been a cherished family possession at one time.