U+10A05 "𐨅" Kharoshthi Vowel Sign E Unicode Character

U+10A05 "𐨅" Kharoshthi Vowel Sign E is a combining diacritical mark used in the ancient Kharoshthi script, which was employed to write various languages across the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia, including Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit. This vowel sign represents the long vowel "e" and is placed above or attached to a consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel sound, functioning as a dependent vowel marker. It belongs to the Kharoshthi block of the Unicode Standard and was encoded in 2006 as part of version 5.0, aiding in the digital preservation and study of historical texts such as Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions from the Kushan Empire.