"During the pre-printing era, Marathi was written in two scripts : Modi (Moorh) and Balbodh (Devnagri). Balbodh was mainly used for writing poetry and Modi for writing prose. When books were printed in Marathi, the selection of one of the scripts became a problem. In the beginning both scripts were used. The types of devnagri were cut and applied to the Sanskrit and Hindi languages but Modi script was in use for Marathi."
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