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Unicode Status for Sharada

In The Unicode Standard, Sharada script implementation is discussed in Chapter 15: South and Central Asia-IV — Other Historic Scripts.

The Sharada script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 6.1. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Sharada11180..111DF6.1U11180

Vedic Extensions may be used with the Sharada script as well as many other Indic scripts.

Subsequent to version 6.1, the following characters have been added to the Sharada script:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
111C98.0WG2 N4330, L2/12-322
111CA..111CC8.0WG2 N4265, L2/12-124
111CD7.0WG2 N4269, L2/12-171
111DA7.0WG2 N4158, L2/11-430, L2/12-216, L2/12-285
111DB8.0WG2 N4331, L2/12-318
111DC8.0WG2 N4337, L2/12-324
111DD8.0WG2 N4329, L2/12-319
111DE..111DF8.0WG2 N4338, L2/12-325

Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:

  • 2005-02-07 Issues in Representation of Indic Scripts in Unicode (Unicode Conference Presentation) — Om Vikas (L2/05-063)

  • 2005-11-21 Request to Allocate the Sharada Script in the Unicode Roadmap — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3245, L2/05-377)

  • 2008-01-18 Draft Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (L2/08-017)

  • 2008-05-05 Draft Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (L2/08-200)

  • 2009-08-05 Proposal to encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3595, L2/09-074)

  • 2010-09-14 Concerning the Brahmi and Sharada characters for jihvamuliya and upadhmaniya (revised) — Shriramana Sharma (L2/10-330)

  • 2011-07-28 A clear policy on encoding OM characters — Shriramana Sharma (L2/11-308)

  • 2012-01-12 Recommendation against use of 111C4 SHARADA OM for now — Shriramana Sharma (L2/12-019)

  • 2012-01-23 Representation of JIHVAMULIYA and UPADHMANIYA in Sharada — Debbie Anderson (L2/12-028)

  • 2012-04-23 Proposal to Encode the Sign EKAM for Sharada in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4158, L2/11-430)

  • 2012-05-21 Proposal to encode the SUTRA MARK for Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4269, L2/12-171)

  • 2012-06-21 Annotation for SHARADA EKAM in nameslist — Deborah Anderson (L2/12-216)

  • 2012-07-06 Annotation for 111C4 SHARADA OM — Shriramana Sharma (L2/12-224)

  • 2012-07-29 Proposal to Reallocate Sharada EKAM — Anshuman Pandey (L2/12-285)

  • 2012-08-01 Request for name change for U+111CD SHARADA SUTRA MARK — Anshuman Pandey (L2/12-291)

  • 2012-08-29 Proposal to Encode Signs for Writing Kashmiri in Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4265, L2/12-124)

  • 2012-09-27 Proposal to encode the CONTINUATION SIGN for Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4329, L2/12-319)

  • 2012-09-27 Proposal to encode the SANDHI MARK for Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4330, L2/12-322)

  • 2012-09-27 Proposal to encode the sign SIDDHAM for Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4331, L2/12-318)

  • 2012-09-29 Proposal to encode the HEADSTROKE for Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4337, L2/12-324)

  • 2012-09-30 Proposal to encode section marks for Sharada (WG2 N4338) — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4338, L2/12-325)

  • 2013-04-25 Proposal to Encode the Bakhshali Minus Sign for Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4416, L2/13-080)

  • 2013-04-25 Request to reallocate some recently-approved Sharada characters — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N4417, L2/13-074)

  • 2014-02-05 A bag of suggested improvements to Unicode’s provisional Indic properties — Roozbeh Pournader, Behdad Esfahbod (L2/14-065)

  • 2014-05-08 Improvements requested for Unicode Indic properties — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/14-126)

  • 2014-08-05 Status report on Script Extensions and Indic properties — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/14-199)

  • 2015-10-23 Request to change the representative glyph of Sharada Vowel Signs Vocalic L and Vocalic LL — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/15-255)

    • UTC #146 Minutes (L2/16-004) (See D.3 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-04-17 Request for editorial updates to Indic scripts — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-098)

    • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 7.)

  • 2017-07-01 Proposal to encode the Prishthamatra for Sharada — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-214)

    • Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-255) (See point 11.)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 17a.)

    • UTC #154 Minutes (L2/18-007) (See D.5.2 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-07-26 Proposed Property Changes for U+111C9 SHARADA SANDHI MARK — Ken Whistler, Laurențiu Iancu (L2/17-247)

    • UTC #152 Minutes (L2/17-222) (See B.14.8 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-12-14 Proposal to encode the INVERTED CANDRABINDU for Sharada — Anshuman Pandey (L2/17-428)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 17b.)

    • UTC #154 Minutes (L2/18-007) (See D.15 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-01-05 Changes to Core Specification for Indic scripts for Unicode 11.0 (revised) — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A (L2/17-423)

    • Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-039) (See point 6a section 1.)

    • UTC #154 Minutes (L2/18-007) (See D.13 for decision and action items)

    • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 3 section 1.)

  • 2022-09-11 Use of Fractions and Rupee Mark in Sharada script — Srinidhi A, Sridatta A ( L2/22-213)

    • Recommendations to UTC #173 November 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-248) (See point A 6.)

    • UTC #173 Minutes (L2/22-241) (See D.1.8 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-01-17 Recommendations to UTC #174 January 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-012) (See point A.III.5.)

    • UTC #174 Minutes (L2/23-005) (See D.1 Section III.5 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-03-26 Comments on Public Review Issues (January 5 - April 5, 2023) — Eduardo Marin Silva (https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23078-pubrev.html) (See Feedback to SAH)

    • Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-083) (See point A.iv.9.)

  • 2023-05-05 Proposal to Encode Kashmiri Sharada Characters in Unicode — Vinodh Rajan (L2/23-122)

    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point A.V.6.)

    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 6 for decision and action items)