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Abstract

Kashmir is renowned throughout the world for its beauty and enchanting crafts. For the last so many centuries, the Kashmir has been fostering its hand weaving industries, which have a rich craft tradition. The shawl weaving is a magnificent art industry of Kashmir that plays a significant role in the economic prosperity of the State. This art industry faced many periods of its ruin and revival in different regimes. The aim of this article is to highlight Kashmiri shawl's production and characteristic in perspective of four major periods of its history