Hatvaniki (Khudabadi) script has its roots in the Brahmi script and Sindhi as a language belongs to Prakrit/Sanskrit family.

During British era, script based on Hatvaniki was again put forward. In these days even Sindhi Literature started to appear in Hatvaniki script. In 1899, the first Sindhi literary magazine “Sukhri” came up. The popularity of the script could be measured by the fact that Sindh Bible society published its sermons of St. Matthew too in this script. The first book in modified Hatvaniki Sindhi was of Folk tale of Dodo Chaneser. 

Unfortunately the golden days of the Hatvaniki Script did not last long. The way Śāradā script was opposed by Kashmiri Muslims, Hatvaniki too was bitterly opposed by Madrasas in Sindh. Hindu Sindhi's who migrated to India had no collective opinion for the script to be used. Some had an opinion to use Hatvaniki, while some wanted to go with Devanagari. Continuous wangling on the script issue conclusively insured that Sindhi's younger generation continue to drag on with a legacy of Arabic Script and the indigenous script Hatvaniki was left to die.

The script is like a dyeing heritage that needs protection. Please help us in protecting the script by declaring it as one of the official scripts to write Sindhi.