Unicode Status for Saurashtra
In The Unicode Standard, Saurashtra script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13: South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts
.
The Saurashtra script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 5.1. The script is encoded in the following block:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saurashtra | A880..A8DF | 5.1 | UA880.pdf |
Subsequent to version 5.1, the following characters have been added to the script:
| Characters | Unicode Version | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| A8C5 | 9.0 | WG2 N4590, L2/14-163 |
A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
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2002-12-03 Proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS — Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda Krishnamoorty, Michael Everson (WG2 N2549
, L2/03-098) -
2003-05-07 Comments on L2/03-098 (Saurashtra) do not print for meeting — Peri Bhaskararao (L2/03-147
) -
2003-07-15 Saurashtra Character Properties — Rick McGowan (L2/03-225
) -
2003-08-08 Introduction to the Saurashtra Script — Daniel Kai (L2/03-256
) -
2003-08-12 Saurashtra “aaytam” character information — C. K. Jeyakumar (L2/03-245
) -
2003-08-13 Revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS — Jeyakumar Chinnakkonda Krishnamoorty, Michael Everson (WG2 N2607
, L2/03-231) -
2003-08-13 Lepcha, Limbu, Syloti, Saurashtra, Tai Le and Bugis Proposals — Daniel Kai (L2/03-253
) -
2003-08-21 Comments on Proposal to Encode the Saurashtra Script in the UCS — Peri Bhaskararao (WG2 N2620
, L2/03-277) -
2003-09-17 Saurashtra script encoding comments — Rick McGowan (WG2 N2619
, L2/03-313) -
2004-09-15 Saurashtra Linebreaking and Other Properties — Rick McGowan (WG2 N2875.doc
, L2/04-352) -
2005-08-11 Comments on Saurashtra — Michael Everson (L2/05-232
) -
2005-09-21 Final revised proposal to encode the Saurashtra script in the UCS — Michael Everson, J. C. Krishnamoorty (WG2 N2969
, L2/05-222) -
2006-03-23 Correction of a Saurashtra character name in PDAM3 — Michael Everson (WG2 N3058
, L2/06-091) -
2006-04-10 Implementation of the Saurashtra script — Deborah Anderson, Ka’onohi Kai (L2/06-122
) -
2006-07-28 Saurashtran Haaru consonants in Named Sequences list — Naga Ganesan (L2/06-251
) -
2008-03-02 Criteria for the encoding of script-specific dandas — Unicode and US National Body (WG2 N3457
, L2/08-118) -
2014-07-28 Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Rick McGowan, Roozbeh Pournader, Laurentiu Iancu (L2/14-170
) -
2014-08-07 Proposal to encode Saurashtra Sign Candrabindu — Vinodh Rajan (WG2 N4590
, L2/14-163) -
2019-07-23 Comments on Public Review Issues (April 28, 2019 - July 23, 2019) — Rick McGowan (L2/19-272
)