Kharoshthi (Unicode block)

Kharoshthi
Range	U+10A00..U+10A5F (96 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Kharoshthi
Major alphabets	Gandhari Sanskrit
Assigned	68 code points
Unused	28 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.1 (2005)	65 (+65)
11.0 (2018)	68 (+3)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:

Kharoshthi is a Unicode block containing characters used to write the Gandhari and Sanskrit languages in northwest India from the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE.

Kharoshthi Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U+10A0x

𐨀

𐨁

𐨂

𐨃

𐨅

𐨆

𐨌

𐨍

𐨎

𐨏

U+10A1x

𐨐

𐨑

𐨒

𐨓

𐨕

𐨖

𐨗

𐨙

𐨚

𐨛

𐨜

𐨝

𐨞

𐨟

U+10A2x

𐨠

𐨡

𐨢

𐨣

𐨤

𐨥

𐨦

𐨧

𐨨

𐨩

𐨪

𐨫

𐨬

𐨭

𐨮

𐨯

U+10A3x

𐨰

𐨱

𐨲

𐨳

𐨴

𐨵

𐨸

𐨹

𐨺

𐨿

U+10A4x

𐩀

𐩁

𐩂

𐩃

𐩄

𐩅

𐩆

𐩇

𐩈

U+10A5x

𐩐

𐩑

𐩒

𐩓

𐩔

𐩕

𐩖

𐩗

𐩘

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kharoshthi block:

Version	Final code points	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
4.1	U+10A00..10A03, 10A05..10A06, 10A0C..10A13, 10A15..10A17, 10A19..10A33, 10A38..10A3A, 10A3F..10A47, 10A50..10A58	65	L2/02-203R2	N2524	Glass, Andrew; Baums, Stefan; Salomon, Richard (2002-09-19), Proposal to Encode Kharoshthi in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/02-424		McGowan, Rick (2002-11-20), Supplementary Information to Accompany L2/02-203R2, Proposal to Encode Kharoshthi
			L2/03-314R2	N2732	Glass, Andrew; Baums, Stefan; Salomon, Richard (2003-09-18), Proposal to Encode Kharoshthi in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646
				N2956	Freytag, Asmus (2005-08-12), "Representative glyphs for U+17D2 and U+10A3F", Unicode Consortium Liaison Report for WG2 Meeting #47
			L2/05-180		Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Consensus 104-C12", UTC #104 Minutes, Change the representative glyphs for Kharoshthi U+10A3F and Khmer U+17D2 to be the same as U+17D2, but with both enclosed in a dashed box...
				N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "M47.16 (Miscellaneous glyph defects)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
11.0	U+10A34..10A35, 10A48	3	L2/17-012	N4812	Glass, Andrew; Baums, Stefan (2017-01-17), Additional Characters for Kharoṣṭhī Script
			L2/17-037		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "8. Kharoshthi", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
			L2/17-016		Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "C.2.1", UTC #150 Minutes