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Mahajani

Mahajani
𑅬𑅱𑅐𑅛𑅧𑅑
Script type
Time period
12th century — 21st century
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
RegionIndia, Pakistan
LanguagesHindi, Punjabi, and Marwari
Related scripts
Parent systems
Sister systems
Gurmukhi, Khudabadi, Khojki, Multani
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Mahj (314), ​Mahajani
Unicode
Unicode alias
Mahajani
U+11150–U+1117F
Final Accepted Script Proposal

Mahajani is a Laṇḍā mercantile script that was historically used in northern India for writing accounts and financial records in Marwari, Hindi and Punjabi.[1] It is a Brahmic script and is written left-to-right. Mahajani refers to the Hindi word for 'bankers', also known as 'sarrafi' or 'kothival' (merchant).

  1. ^ Pandey, Anshuman (2011-07-12). "N4126: Proposal to Encode the Mahajani Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.

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