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The proto-Modi, or ''ādyakālīn (आद्यकालीन)'' style appeared in the 12th century.
=== YādavYādava Era ===
The YādavYādava Era style, or ''yādavkālīnyādavakālīn (यादव कालीन)'', emerged as a distinct style in the 13th century during the [[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty|YādavYādava Dynasty]].
=== Bahamanī Era ===
The Bahamanī Era style, or ''bahamanīkālīn (बहमनी कालीन)'', appeared in the 14th–16th centuries during the years of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]].
=== Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Era ===
InDuring Chatrapatithe Shiavjirule Maharajof Era[[Shivaji]], the Shivaji style, or ''shivakālīn (शिव कालीन)'', which was during the 17th century, the Chitnisi style of the Modi script developed.
=== Peshwa Era ===
=== British Colonial Era ===
The [[British Raj|British colonial]] era, or the ''ānglakālīn (आंग्ल कालीन)'', was the final stage of the Modi script's development. It is associated with [[British Raj|British rule]] and was used from 1818 to 1952. On 25 July 1917, the [[Bombay Presidency]] decided to replace the Modi script with the Balbodh style of DevnagariDevanagari as the primary script of administration for the sake of convenience and uniformity with the other areas of the presidency. The Modi script continued to be taught in schools until several decades later and continued to be used as an alternate script to Balbodhi.{{Citation needed|reason=Your explanation here|date=May 2017}} The script was still widely used up until the 1940s by the people of older generations for personal and financial puropses.
=== Post-independence Era ===
[[File:Marathi Modi script stamp.png|thumb|An effort to conserve the Modi Script under [[India Posts|India Post]]'s My Stamp scheme. Here, the word '[[Marathi language|Marathi]]' is printed in the Modi script.]]
The use of Modi has diminished since the independence of India. Now the Balbodh style of DevnagariDevanagari is the primary script used to write Marathi.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati papers |last1=Chhatrapati |first1=Shahu |publisher=Shahu Research Institute |year=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6RHAAAAMAAJ |volume=7 |last2=Sangave |first2=Vilas Adinath |last3=Khane |first3=B. D. |author-link=Chhattrapati Shahu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207083216/https://books.google.com/books?id=w6RHAAAAMAAJ |archive-date=7 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.modilipi.in/2011/02/modi-script-of-maharashtra-script-which.html |title=History Of Modi Lipi |website=Modi Lipi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025183435/http://www.modilipi.in/2011/02/modi-script-of-maharashtra-script-which.html#.VIQQuhrj66w |archive-date=25 October 2013}}</ref> However, some linguists in [[Pune]] have recently begun trying to revive the script.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Band-of-researchers-enthusiasts-strive-to-keep-Modi-script-alive/articleshow/30761335.cms |title=Band of researchers, enthusiasts strive to keep Modi script alive |date=21 February 2014 |website=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141210021102/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Band-of-researchers-enthusiasts-strive-to-keep-Modi-script-alive/articleshow/30761335.cms |archive-date=10 December 2014}}</ref>
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