U+11017 "𑀗" Brahmi Letter Nga Unicode Character

U+11017 "𑀗" Brahmi Letter Nga is a glyph representing the velar nasal consonant 'ṅa' in the ancient Brahmi script, which was used across the Indian subcontinent from roughly the 3rd century BCE to the 5th century CE. This character is part of the Brahmi block in Unicode, designated for the historical writing system that is the ancestor of many modern South Asian scripts, including Devanagari, Tamil, and Thai. As a syllabic letter, it contributes to the rich epigraphic record of early inscriptions, such as those of Emperor Ashoka, and helps scholars understand the phonetic and orthographic evolution of Indic languages.