pashmina may refer either to the material or to the variant of the Kashmir shawl that is made from it. Both cashmere and pashmina come from the same...

The Kashmir shawl, the predecessor of the contemporary cashmere shawl, is a type of shawl identified by its distinctive Kashmiri weave and for being made...

Other shapes include oblong shawls. It is associated with the inhabitants of the northern Indian subcontinent—particularly Kashmir and Punjab—and Central Asia...

closely associated with the Kashmir shawl, the word "cashmere" deriving from an anglicization of Kashmir, when the Kashmir shawl reached Europe in the 19th...

Empire versions of the design from India, especially in the form of Kashmir shawls, and were then replicated locally. The English name for the patterns...

for political benefits. One of India's most famous exports was the Kashmir shawl, distinctive for its Kashmiri weave, and traditionally made of shahtoosh...

The artistry of Kashmir with Palkis, bedsheets, trunks, inkstands, boxes, and spoons are famous all over India, furthermore, the shawl making is exceptional...

houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts like the Kashmir shawl (made of pashmina and cashmere wool), papier-mâché, wood carving, carpet...

A Kani shawl is a type of Kashmir shawl originating from the Kanihama area of the Kashmir valley. It is one of the oldest handicraft of Kashmir. This craft...

Kashmir is also famous for its scenery, flower gardens and apple farms. It attracts tourists for its unique handicrafts and the famous Kashmir shawls...

fell out of fashion in 1790. The mills switched to the imitation Kashmir (cashmere) shawls called "Paisley". Under the leadership of Thomas Coats (1809–1893)...

town—in the nineteenth century. The Paisley shawl has its antecedents in the Kashmir shawl, produced in Kashmir, India, since the eleventh century, and more...

interest-free loans to farmers; Kashmir became the second highest revenue earner for the Sikh Empire. During this time Kashmir shawls became known worldwide,...

organisation. Those nine members were Khwaja Saad-ud-din Shawl, Khwaja Hassan Shah Naqshbandi, Mirwaiz Kashmir, Molvi Ahmad-Ullah, Mirwaiz Hamadani, Agha Syed...

of the chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii, also called Tibetan antelope). Also, shawls made from the wool of the chiru are called shahtoosh. Shahtoosh is the finest...

links with sites like Kot-Diji, in Sindh. A Muslim shawl making family in Kashmir. 1867. Cashmere shawl manufactory, chromolith., William Simpson. Kashmiri...

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد جموں و کشمیر, romanized: Āzād Jammū̃ o Kaśmīr, lit. 'Independent Jammu and Kashmir'; abbr. AJK), officially the State...

changthani, the source of Pashmina wool Pashmina shawl, a popular garment and variant of the Kashmir shawl Pashmina - Dhaage Mohabbat Ke, a 2023 Indian romantic...

district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in Kashmir region. Created in 1979 with its headquarters at the town of Budgam...

Jamawar, or gown piece, is a special type of shawl made in Kashmir. "Jama" means robe and "war/var" is yard. The best quality of Jamawar is built with...

city of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir Life was founded by late Jawahara Shawl in March 2009. The magazine is now owned by Shawl's brother-in-law, Masood Hussain...

of Jammu and Kashmir from 1856 until his death in 1885. Ranbir Singh was the third son of Gulab Singh, the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir state. Ranbir...

India, Azerbaijan, Turkey and other countries of the Near East. Via Kashmir shawls it spread to Europe at least in 19th century, where patterns using it...

Certain State Monopolies such as the shawl industry were also done away with. The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir was granted new imperial honours as a...

years. Jammu and Kashmir also has flower gardens and apple orchards. It attracts tourists for its handicrafts and the Kashmiri shawls. The first ever Map...

Association awarded Best Epic Romance of the Year to her 2011 novel, The Kashmir Shawl. Thomas married her husband, a literary agent, after graduating university...

patterns in shawl weaving. The talim technique is employed in the creation of kani shawls, which originated from the Kanihama region of the Kashmir valley...

March 27, 2018. Kadapa-Bose, S. (15 September 2021). "Banana Saris, Lotus Shawls, Bamboo Jeans: How Desi Fashion Is Going Green!". the better india. Retrieved...

Asia and Oceania, Infobase, ISBN 9781438119137 Ames, Frank (1986). The Kashmir shawl and its Indo-French influence. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 9780907462620...

known as pashm or pashmina, was used in the handmade shawls of Kashmir. The woolen shawls from Kashmir region find written mention between 3rd century BCE...