Kharosthi

Kharosthi
Kharosthi;
Script type	Abugida
Time period	4th century BCE – 3rd century CE
Direction	right-to-left script
Languages	Gandhari Prakrit; Pali; Saka; Sanskrit;
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Kharosthi; ; ; ;
Sister systems	Brahmi script; Nabataean alphabet; Syriac alphabet; Palmyrene alphabet; Mandaic alphabet; Pahlavi scripts; Sogdian alphabet;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Khar, 305 , Kharoshthi
Unicode
Unicode alias	Kharoshthi
Unicode range	U+10A00–U+10A5F
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Kharoshthi letters.

The Kharosthi script, also spelled Kharoshthi or Kharoṣṭhī (Kharosthi: