![]() Hemadpant is also credited with a specific temple architecture called “Hemadpanti temples”. ![]() Traditionally it is believed that the Modi script was developed by Hemadpant, a well-known administrator in the court of Ramdevrao, the last king of Yadav dynasty (1187-1318) at Devgiri. With the time however the use of modi diminished and now it has become almost extinct. The script was widely used even in 1940s by the people of older generation for personal and financial documentation. Thus the Devnagari became the predominant script although modi continued to be taught in schools and was used as an alternate script in Marathi writing. ![]() The British Government of Bombay Presidency in the beginning of 20 th century for the sake of convenience and uniformity with the other areas of the presidency decided that the Devnagari (Balbodh as it is called in Maharashtra) should be used as a primary writing system in administration. The use of Modi in official Marathi documents and administration was common in Maharashtra till the end of 19 th century. Tweet 0 12 History Of Modi Lipi Modi script of Maharashtra : A script, which is generally neglected to be mentioned in the discussion on the Indian scripts, is Modi.
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