The Soyombo script was created by Bogdo Zanabazar, a Mongolian monk and scholar, in 1686. It is based on the Devanagarialphabet. It is used mainly for inscriptions on prayer wheels and temples. It can also be used to write the Tibetan & Sanskrit language. The first character of the script became the national symbol of Mongolia and as such it can be found on money, official documents, official stamps, and many other things as well.
The Soyombo script was created as the fourth Mongolian script, only 40 years after the invention of the Todo script.
The Soyombo script was the first Mongolian script to be written horizontally from left to right, in contrast to earlier scripts that had been written vertically.
The Soyombo script will only be included in version 5.0 of the Unicode standards, where it will be located in the range 11100-1113f of level 1.
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