title: Saurashtra (Unicode block)
text: # Saurashtra (Unicode block)
  
  Saurashtra is a Unicode block containing characters used up to the late 19th century as a primary script for the Saurashtra language. The Saurashtra Unicode encoding supports both traditional and modern Saurashtra orthographies.
  
  ## Block
  
  Saurashtra Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :
  
  | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | U+A88x | ꢀ‎ | ꢁ‎ | ꢂ‎ | ꢃ‎ | ꢄ‎ | ꢅ‎ | ꢆ‎ | ꢇ‎ | ꢈ‎ | ꢉ‎ | ꢊ‎ | ꢋ‎ | ꢌ‎ | ꢍ‎ | ꢎ‎ | ꢏ‎ |
  | U+A89x | ꢐ‎ | ꢑ‎ | ꢒ‎ | ꢓ‎ | ꢔ‎ | ꢕ‎ | ꢖ‎ | ꢗ‎ | ꢘ‎ | ꢙ‎ | ꢚ‎ | ꢛ‎ | ꢜ‎ | ꢝ‎ | ꢞ‎ | ꢟ‎ |
  | U+A8Ax | ꢠ‎ | ꢡ‎ | ꢢ‎ | ꢣ‎ | ꢤ‎ | ꢥ‎ | ꢦ‎ | ꢧ‎ | ꢨ‎ | ꢩ‎ | ꢪ‎ | ꢫ‎ | ꢬ‎ | ꢭ‎ | ꢮ‎ | ꢯ‎ |
  | U+A8Bx | ꢰ‎ | ꢱ‎ | ꢲ‎ | ꢳ‎ | ꢴ‎ | ꢵ‎ | ꢶ‎ | ꢷ‎ | ꢸ‎ | ꢹ‎ | ꢺ‎ | ꢻ‎ | ꢼ‎ | ꢽ‎ | ꢾ‎ | ꢿ‎ |
  | U+A8Cx | ꣀ‎ | ꣁ‎ | ꣂ‎ | ꣃ‎ | ꣄‎ | ꣅ‎ | | | | | | | | | ꣎‎ | ꣏‎ |
  | U+A8Dx | ꣐‎ | ꣑‎ | ꣒‎ | ꣓‎ | ꣔‎ | ꣕‎ | ꣖‎ | ꣗‎ | ꣘‎ | ꣙‎ | | | | | | |
  | Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points |||||||||||||||||
  
  ## History
  
  The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Saurashtra block:
  
  | Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-098 | N2549 | Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-147 | | Bhaskararao, Peri (2002-12-03), Comments on L2/03-098 |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-225 | | McGowan, Rick (2003-07-15), Saurashtra Character Properties |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-245 | | Jeyakumar, C. K. (2003-08-12), Saurashtra "AAYTAM" character information |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-231 | N2607 | Krishnamoorty, Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda; Everson, Michael (2003-08-13), Revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-253 | | Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-256 | | Kai, Daniel (2003-08-13), Introduction to the Saurashtra Script |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-277 | N2620 | Bhaskararao, Peri (2003-08-21), Comments on Proposal to Encode the Saurashtra Script in the UCS |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/03-313 | N2619 | McGowan, Rick (2003-09-17), Saurashtra Script Encoding |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/04-352 | N2875 (html, doc) | McGowan, Rick (2004-09-15), Saurashtra Linebreaking and Other Properties |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/05-232 | | Everson, Michael (2005-08-11), Comments on Saurashtra |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/05-222R2 | N2969R2 | Everson, Michael; Krishnamoorty, J. C. (2005-09-21), Final revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/05-270 | | Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "K. Saurashtra", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis) |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/05-279 | | Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C32", UTC #105 Minutes |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | | N2953 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15 |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/06-091 | N3058 | Everson, Michael (2006-03-23), Correction of a Saurashtra character name in PDAM3 |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/06-122 | | Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | | N3076 | Anderson, Deborah; Kai, Ka'ōnohi (2006-04-10), Implementation of the Saurashtra script (N2969R2) |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/06-108 | | Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "Consensus 107-C32", UTC #107 Minutes, Accept the name of U+A8B4 SAURASHTRA CONSONANT SIGN HAARU. |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/06-251 | | Ganesan, Naga (2006-07-28), Saurashtran Haaru consonants in Named Sequences list |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | L2/06-252 | | West, Andrew (2006-07-28), Comments on Capital R Rotunda |
  | 5.1 | U+A880..A8C4, A8CE..A8D9 | 81 | | N3103 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27 |
  | 9.0 | U+A8C5 | 1 | L2/14-170 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "4", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals |
  | 9.0 | U+A8C5 | 1 | L2/14-163 | N4590 | Rajan, Vinodh (2014-08-07), Proposal to encode Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu |
  | 9.0 | U+A8C5 | 1 | L2/14-177 | | Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Saurashtra Candrabindu (D.5)", UTC #140 Minutes |
  | 9.0 | U+A8C5 | 1 | L2/16-052 | N4603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11o", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63 |
  | ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||
  