U+10A3A "𐨺" Kharoshthi Sign Dot Below Unicode Character

U+10A3A "𐨺" Kharoshthi Sign Dot Below is a diacritical mark used in the ancient Kharoshthi script, which was employed in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE for writing Gandhari Prakrit and other languages. This sign appears as a small dot placed beneath a consonant letter, and its primary function is to modify the inherent vowel, typically indicating a shorter or more recessive vowel sound, or in some contexts, it may denote the absence of a vowel altogether. The character is encoded in the Kharoshthi block of Unicode, supporting scholarly work and digital preservation of this historic script.