is an extinct script used in the territory of Goa .This script was also called as and .This script was similar to the Halekannada and Kadamba script

Kadamba script

The Kadamba script marks the birth of a dedicated Kannada script that was used for Kannada language. It is a descendant of the Brahmi script. The Kadamba script was developed during the reign of the Kadambas in the 4th - 6th centuries. The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script...

and was extensively used to write Konkani

Konkani language

KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...

 and sometimes Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

. Similarly this was used by the trading Saraswat and Daivajna families along with the Modi script

Modi script

' is one of the scripts used to write the Marathi language& Rajasthani language, which is the primary language spoken in the state of Maharashtra & Rajasthan in western India respectively. MoDiis also known as MuDiya, MuDi & VañiyāvaTi...

 to maintain their accounts.

Usage and extinction

The inquisition of Goa is seen as a blot in the history of Konkani language.According to the orders of the Goa inquisition it was an offence to remain in possession of books in local languages.All books whatever their subject matter written in Konkani,Marathi and Sanskrit were seized by the inquisition and burnt on the suspicion that they might deal with idolatry.
It is probable that valuable non-religious literature dealing with art,literature,sciences etc.were destroyed indiscriminately,as a consequence.For instance even before the inquisition orders a letter dated on 24th of November 1548,D Fr Joao de Albuquerque proudly reports his achievement in this direction.

Many Konkani manuscripts which are now found Portugal museum are Roman transliterations of Kandavi manuscripts of Hindu epics. The earliest documents written in this script is found in a petition addressed by Ravala Śeṭī;a Gaunkar of Caraim

Karekar

“Karekar is a surname of the Daivajna Brahmin community, predominantly found in Goa, coastal Maharashtra, some parts of southern Maharashtra, and northern Karnataka .-History:...

 in the islands of Goa, to the king of Portugal

Portugal

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. This 15th century document bears signature in Konkani which says: Ravala Śeṭī baraha ( Translation: writing of Ravala Śeṭī).It is believed that most of the pre-Portuguese documents and books in Kandavi were burnt by the Portuguese missionaries.