Takri

Script used in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, and northwestern Pakistan. Derived from Sharada, it was the official script of the Jammu kingdom, widely used for taxation, land, and commercial records. Displaced by Devanagari and Urdu during British colonial rule, it wrote Himalayan western dialects like Dogri, Chambali, and Mandiali. Currently studied for academic research and heritage preservation; added to Unicode in 2016.