U+10A10 "𐨐" Kharoshthi Letter Ka Unicode Character

U+10A10 "𐨐" Kharoshthi Letter Ka is a glyph representing the consonant "ka" in the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system used from the 3rd century BCE to the 5th century CE primarily in the regions of modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia for writing Gandhari Prakrit and other Middle Indo-Aryan languages. This alphasyllabic character is notable for its distinctive angular and connected forms, reflecting the script's adaptation from the earlier Aramaic alphabet. Kharoshthi, written from right to left, was employed on important artifacts such as the Gandharan Buddhist texts and the edicts of King Ashoka, and the letter Ka, like other Kharoshthi consonants, carries an inherent vowel sound that could be modified or suppressed by diacritical marks, making it a fundamental component of the script's phonetic system.