| Bharati script Bhārati Lipi | |
|---|---|
 "Bhārati" written in the Bharati script | |
| Script type | |
| Creator | Research team led by Srinivasa Chakravathy |
| Direction | Left-to-right  |
| Language | Multiple Indian languages |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
The Bharati (ISO: Bhārati) script is a constructed script created by a research team led by V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy at IIT Madras. It is designed to serve as a common script or link script for Indian languages.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is a left-to-right abugida in which the vowel diacritics may be placed below, upon, or to the right of the primary character.[4]
The script borrows characters and concepts from multiple scripts including the Latin script, Devanagari, Tamil script, Telugu script, Kannada script, Malayalam script, and the Bengali–Assamese script.[2][7] Like the Gujarati script, it does not feature a running horizontal line above the characters, which is a characteristic of the Devanagari and Bengali-Assamese scripts.
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