Textiles & Craft
Pashmina/cashmere wool craft
3rd c. BCE - 11th c. CE (mentions)Kashmiri artisansKashmir shawl traditionKashmir
300 BCE
Fine goat-fleece wool woven into the famed Kashmir shawls.
- Dated
- 300 BCE–1100
- As scholars put it
- 3rd c. BCE - 11th c. CE (mentions)
- Originator
- Kashmiri artisans
- Source text
- Kashmir shawl tradition
- Region
- Kashmir
- Discipline
- Textiles & Craft
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
'Cashmere' entered European luxury markets and vocabulary.
Fair to say
A fibre and craft tradition named after Kashmir.
Path to modern innovation
Cashmere is a premium global textile.
Transmission
Exported as luxury shawls.
References
- 1Encyclopaedia Britannica: pashmina
Further reading
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