U+11602 "𑘂" Modi Letter I Unicode Character

U+11602 "𑘂" Modi Letter I is a character used in the Modi script, which was historically employed to write the Marathi language in the Maratha Empire, primarily from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It represents the short vowel sound "i" and belongs to the Modi alphabet, which is distinguished by its cursive, connected letterforms designed for rapid writing in administrative and commercial contexts. Though largely replaced by the Devanagari script for modern Marathi, the Modi script and its characters like this one are preserved for historical, scholarly, and cultural documentation, with this specific letter encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Modi block.