Ardhanagari
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Ardhanagari an abugida
, was a mixture of Nagari, used in Malwa, particularly Ujjain
, and Siddha Matrika or the Siddham script, a variant of the Sharada script used in Kashmir
.
Abugida
An abugida , also called an alphasyllabary, is a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit: each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is obligatory but secondary...
, was a mixture of Nagari, used in Malwa, particularly Ujjain
Ujjain
Ujjain , is an ancient city of Malwa region in central India, on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River , today part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative centre of Ujjain District and Ujjain Division.In ancient times the city was called Ujjayini...
, and Siddha Matrika or the Siddham script, a variant of the Sharada script used in Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
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