The tradition of making Pashmina shawls dates back several centuries. Historical records trace the craft to the 3rd century BC when Kashmiri artisans first began creating these exquisite pieces.

The love for the aesthetics of this art spread from the Mughals of Ladakh to overseas, when French monarch Napoleon Bonaparte gifted his wife, Josephine, a pashmina shawl. Legend has it that she ...

New Delhi: Amid reports of a possible increase in tax on Kashmiri Pashmina shawls ... fully prepared to defend the interests of our shawl weavers & handicrafts persons but the defence was not ...