Modi Letter Gha

It marks the breathy, voiced g sound used in Marathi Modi writing. Here, the g is released with a noticeable puff of breath. Modi is a cursive writing system used chiefly for Marathi.

The script's development spans several milestones: a proto-Modi stage in the 12th century, a distinct Modi form in the 13th, use for Marathi by the 15th, and the earliest surviving document cited in a Unicode encoding proposal from the early 17th century.

Stories credit its creation to Hemadpant, a minister to the Yadava ruler Ramachandra, or to Balaji Avaji, a state secretary under Shivaji; Modi is more securely described as an adaptation of Nagari writing for continuous writing. It spread under Sultanate and Maratha rule for letters and revenue records, while Balbodh, a form of Devanagari, was preferred for literary and sacred Marathi. Print favored Balbodh in the 19th century because it represented more of Marathi's sound range; Modi was formally discontinued in the 1950s. By 2023, renewed interest centered on heritage, teaching, and archival study.