 It is also related to the Gurmukhī script used to write Punjabi.Until the late 1940s, an adapted version of the script (called Dogri, Dogra or Dogra Akkhar) was the official script for writing Dogri in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and for Kangri, Chambyali and Mandyali in Himachal Pradesh.There is also some record of the script's use in the history of Nepali (Khas-kura).