Unicode Block - Common Indic Number Forms

Common Indic Number Forms is a collection of ten historical numeral signs used across various writing systems of the Indian subcontinent, including the Bengali, Devanagari, and Gujarati scripts, among others. These forms represent fractions and units of currency, such as the anna, a subdivision of the rupee, and its own subdivisions like the quarter anna and half anna, which were widely employed in commercial and everyday contexts before the decimalization of Indian currency. The signs are encoded for compatibility with older texts and inscriptions, allowing modern digital representation of these traditional numerical notations without conflating them with the modern decimal digits used today.