U+10A26 "𐨦" Kharoshthi Letter Ba Unicode Character

U+10A26 "𐨦" Kharoshthi Letter Ba is a specific glyph from the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system used primarily in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE to represent the Indic languages Gandhari and Prakrit. This character denotes the consonant sound "ba" and belongs to the Kharoshthi block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the digital encoding of this historical script for scholarly and linguistic preservation. The Kharoshthi script is written from right to left, and its letters like "Ba" were often used in inscriptions, manuscripts, and coins, reflecting the cultural and commercial exchanges of the ancient Gandhara civilization.