Napoleon Bonaparte inspired the shawl's popularity when he presented a gift of a Kashmir shawl to Empress Josephine, the fashion icon of Europe. Soon she had over 1,000 Kashmir garments.

The Shawls of Kashmir. Share full article. From The Cornhill Magazine. Nov. 10, 1895; ... The beautiful arts and manufactures of Kashmir ought to be, and, in fact, are, a source of wealth.

Woven treasures: Kashmir’s kani shawls. To navigate gallery, click or swipe image. Share this article. Copy link. Link copied. ×. 1 of 9. Bhat Burhan. Women weave a shawl on a hanging loom.

Sentencing in New Jersey Nov. 6 is first case in the US for the protection of the Tibetan antelope in China.

The export of handmade Kashmir products exceeded Rs 300 crore in Q1 of the current financial year, marking the highest in ...

Jammu and Kashmir, in the Himalayas, borders Tibet, where an estimated 100,000 chiru are fighting a losing battle for survival. In the upper reaches of the Tibetan plateau, these animals face ...

The Kashmir Shawl Rosie Thomas. Overlook, $26.95 ... She travels to Kashmir, where Nerys’s story unravels in extensive flashbacks, as her then young grandmother’s loves, ...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo. Life // Blog Critics. Book Review: The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas ...

The gifts represented the soul of India, a land where every region carries its own story, artistry, and timeless traditions.