Sharada script

<p>The Śāradā, Sarada or Sharada script is an <a href="/facts/Abugida/FWhLePru">abugida</a> writing system of the <a href="/facts/Brahmic_family/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic family</a> of scripts. The script was widespread  between the 8th and 12th centuries in the northwestern parts of Indian Subcontinent (in <a href="/facts/Kashmir/Rok34JM5">Kashmir</a> and neighbouring areas), for writing <a href="/facts/Sanskrit/ychfjhlx">Sanskrit</a> and <a href="/facts/Kashmiri_language/b35X0L3H">Kashmiri</a>. Although originally a signature <a href="/facts/Brahminical/CLhJ6Au6">Brahminical</a> script created in the valley, it was more widespread throughout northwestern Indian subcontinent, and later became restricted to Kashmir, and is now rarely used, except by the <a href="/facts/Kashmiri_Pandit/Q1nU9IbL">Kashmiri Pandit</a> community for religious purposes.
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<p>It is a native script of Kashmir and is named after the goddess Śāradā or <a href="/facts/Saraswati/g71swLDQ">Saraswati</a>, the goddess of learning and the main <a href="/facts/Hindu_deity/Yu15FnJd">Hindu deity</a> of the <a href="/facts/Sharada_Peeth/EURBSmkD">Sharada Peeth</a> temple.
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Sharada script