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Bhaiksuki

Ancient Brahmic abugida script once used to write Sanskrit in Eastern India and parts of Tibet
Class type of: Brahmic scripts Q17017839

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet[3][4]
Inception
1100[8]
Country
India[2]
Language of work or name
Sanskrit[7]
Based on
Gupta[5]
Subclass of
Brahmic scripts[6]
End time
1200[9]
Name
Arrow-Headed Script, Point-Headed Script, Bhaiksuki, bhaïksukî[14][15][16][17]
Native label
𑰥𑰹𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰎𑰱, भैक्षुकी[12][13]
Replaces
Gupta[10]
Script directionality
left-to-right[11]
Unicode range
U+11C00-11C6F[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sindhura en Bhaiksuki en Bhaiksuki alphabet en Arrow-Headed Scrip en Bhaiksuki script en Bhks en Point-Headed Script el Αλφάβητο Μπαϊξούκι fr écriture bhaïksukî fr alphabet bhaïksukî fr alphasyllabaire bhaïksukî fr bhaïksukî hi भैक्षुकी hi भैक्षुकी लिपि ja バイクシュキ ja バイクシュキ文字 ja バイシュキ ja バイシュキ文字 th อักษรไภกษุกี zh 拜克舒基文
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bhaiksuki Varnamala.png ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
180623584
Freebase ID
/m/010hklh7
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Bhks
ISO 15924 numeric code
334
Topic's main category
Category:Bhaiksuki script

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Instance of 2
abugida, unicase alphabet
Based on 1
Gupta
Replaces 1
Gupta
Topic's main category 1
Category:Bhaiksuki script
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Bhaiksuki script
← Replaced by 1
Gupta
← Writing system 1
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Summary

Bhaiksuki is an abugida[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . unicode.org. Retrieved . unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → India
    Native label → {'lang': 'sa', 'text': '𑰥𑰹𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰎𑰱'}, {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'भैक्षुकी'}
    Language of work or name → Sanskrit
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Language of work or name: Sanskrit"
  2. 23w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Script directionality → left-to-right
    Instance of → abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet
    Based on → Gupta
    End time → +1200-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Bhaiksuki Varnamala.png"
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