Urdu Handwritten Ligature Dataset

Urdu Handwritten Ligature Dataset (UHLD) is the first unconstrained handwritten Urdu dataset developed for various handwritten Urdu recognition tasks and OCR research problems. The UHLD is written independently of paper color, paper type (blank or ruled), ink color, and pen type. The UHLD consists of around six thousand handwritten Urdu text lines written by 200 different writers. The UHLD dataset covers six and seven-character ligatures whereas it was only up to five character ligatures in previous dataset such as UNHD. The dataset is written by male as well as female writers of different age groups. A large portion of the dataset is uploaded here. However, the entire dataset can be made available from the author upon a reasonable request.