Zanabazar Square

Square script created by Mongolian Buddhist scholar Zanabazar in the 17th century. Designed alongside the Soyombo script to precisely render Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Mongolian. Zanabazar was the defining figure of the Mongolian renaissance — equally accomplished in sculpture, painting, and medicine; his Buddha statues are considered the pinnacle of Mongolian art. Currently found in inscriptions and ritual documents of Mongolian Buddhist temples.