Dharwad: ‘Modi’ is a medieval script which is a really language medley, contains like Marathi, Parsi, Arabic and Kannada words.
The script began to use when Dharwad, Vijayapura, Bataghiavi and Uttara Kannada, were under the rule of Peshwas of Pune.
However, the script continued to be used for centuries after the area fainted from Fiefdom Peshwas, and many records related to property were written in Modi scripts.
Unfortunately, over the years, the number of people who can read this script has declined, resulting in many problems left in litigation.
Prof.
Mangesh Yashwant Sawant, an expert in decomposing the Modi Script, said: “There are thousands of records in the Jamav of the Archives of Pune, Peshwa Register, which is preserved by the Commission Inam.
A study of these documents will explain more light in political history , Economics and culture of medieval carnataka.
“For Sawant, learning Modi scripts is a must.
As a PhD student at Pune University, wrote his dissertation on ‘Dharwad under the Rewa Pathwa’ with Prof.
Kn Chitnis for his guidance, Sawant found it difficult to extract relevant information due to lack of knowledge about moduses of mod.
“I studied Modi scripts from Prof.
Chitnis and Prof.
Mr.
Kulkarni,” Sawant said.
The academic offers its knowledge to help farmers, lawyers, officials in the income department and fellow researchers, by translating Modi’s scripts to Kannada.
Among the unique aspects of the script, Sawant showed, there was no space that separated two words.
“The letters are written in the form of a cursiver, and the lack of space makes it difficult to read.
Property documents from various mutt lingayat, mosques, temples, besides that are about hereditary properties, written using mod scripts.
There is a need to train people in reading this script for reading this script Helps bring a lot of legal disputes to end, “said Prof.
Sawant besides helping farmers get ‘K’ and ‘D’ free, he has translated many Kaifiyat in Dargah and the mosque to Kannada.
The Dharwad (KHRS)-based History Research Community, which moves in preserving bond linguistics with the past, plans to conduct a three-day training workshop to teach people and officials in the government department to decipher the ‘Modi’ script.
Chairman of KHRS Giridhar Kinhal said that they would start a session once 25 people signed up for the workshop.
Those who are interested can contact: +919880859784; Giridharkinhal@gmail.carnatak University also reflects on a one-year Diploma offer in Modi script to educate the younger generation about language heritage, and train them read it, an administrator in the Ramadev Rao court, the last king of the Yadav Dynasty (1187-1318), who ruled from Devgiri.
However, the use of scripts in the administration, however, was associated with Balaji Avaji Chitnis, a minister in Durbar Chhatrapti Shivaji.
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