U+10A0E "𐨎" Kharoshthi Sign Anusvara Unicode Character

U+10A0E "𐨎" Kharoshthi Sign Anusvara is a diacritical mark used in the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system employed primarily in the Gandhara region of modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan from around the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. This sign functions as a nasalization marker, typically placed above a consonant character to indicate that the preceding vowel is pronounced through the nose, similar to the anusvara in other Brahmic scripts. The Kharoshthi script was used for writing various languages, including Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit, and the anusvara played a crucial role in accurately representing phonetic nuances in these languages. Today, the character is encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital preservation and study of historical texts.