Edited sentence: ...The earliest instance of this script we have in a petition addressed by a certain Ravala Śeṭī,most probably a Gaunkar of Caraim in the islands of Goa,to the king of Portugal....Ravala Śeṭī baraha ,which means writing of Ravala Śeṭī.Source:History of Goa through Gõykanadi.This petition also includes signature of Ravala Śeṭī in Roman script.This signature of Ravala Śeṭī in Koṅkaṇī written in Goykānaḍī: