Sharada Digit One

It means the number one in Sharada. In the Sharada numeral system, 𑇑 is the sign for 1 in decimal numbers. The script's distinctive twist is that a dot marks zero while a circle marks one.

Sharada developed from Gupta Brahmi, a historical South Asian script, through Kutila, an intermediate script, in stages across the 8th–13th centuries. Its earliest-known records are usually placed on coins of Kashmir's Utpala ruling dynasty from the 9th–10th centuries. Some specialists identify a Hund stone inscription from 774–775 CE as earlier; others date its forms later.

Sharada was used to write Sanskrit and Kashmiri in inscriptions, coins, and manuscripts; a Kashmiri translation of the New Testament was printed in the script in 1821. Educational and literary use continued into the early 20th century. Sharada shares a Brahmi-based history with the Nagari and Proto-Bengali script traditions; later forms gave rise to Takri, Landa, and Gurmukhi. By 2009, a Unicode proposal described its remaining community use as limited, mainly to Kashmiri Pandit rituals and horoscopes.

Is Sharada digit one zero?

No. In Sharada, a dot is zero and 𑇑 is one. The rounded shape can look unexpected beside other decimal digits, since many numeral systems use a circle for zero. Handwritten specimens and printed forms also vary in contour; a different outline does not change the value.