Grantha (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Grantha
RangeU+11300..U+1137F
(128 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsGrantha (85 char.)
Inherited (1 char.)
Major alphabetsSanskrit Manipravalam
Assigned86 code points
Unused42 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.083 (+83)
8.085 (+2)
11.086 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

Grantha is a Unicode block containing the ancient Grantha script characters of 6th to 19th century Tamil Nadu and Kerala for writing Sanskrit and Manipravalam.


History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Grantha block:

References