[6] The script was used in Hukamnama edicts, Khas Patra ('important pages') found within historical Dasam Granth manuscripts, and on the inscribed copper plate gifted to the Naina Devi temple by the tenth guru.
[2][7]: 182 In early Dasam Granth manuscripts, the calligraphic font is employed alongside regular, non-calligraphic Gurmukhi writing.
[5] After Guru Gobind Singh, the style of writing was not continued by his wives or his followers who survived him.
[5] The manuscript was rediscovered in a highly-decayed condition in the home of Pandit Om Prakash in Anandpur Sahib.
[5] A pamphlet was published by the Delhi Gurdware Parbandak Committee to inform the Sikh congregation about the discovering of the manuscript and its deciphering.