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In 1568, Kashmir was conquered by Babur's grandson Akbar. [13] In Akbar's time, a pair of pashmina shawls was an expected part of khil'at ceremonies. [13] From the 16th to the early 20th centuries, the Safavid, Zand, and Qajar emperors of Iran also wore pashmina and gifted Kashmir shawls as khilat within their political and religious practices ...
These goats provide the wool for Kashmir's famous pashmina shawls. Shawls made from Pashmina wool are considered very fine, and are exported worldwide. The Changthangi goats have revitalised the poor economy of Changthang, Ladakh where the wool production generates more than $8 million a year. [8]: 83
Song name Translated name Language Lyricist(s) Composer(s) Adopted Andhra Pradesh: Maa Telugu Thalliki [1] To Our Mother Telugu: Telugu: Sankarambadi Sundaraachari: Tanguturi Suryakumari: 1975 [2] Assam: O Mur Apunar Desh [3] [4] O My Endearing Country! Assamese: Lakshminath Bezbaroa: Kamala Prasad Agarwala: 2013 [5] Bihar: Mere Bharat Ke ...
Chakri is one of the most popular types of traditional music played in Jammu & Kashmir. Chakri is a responsorial song form with instrumental parts, and it is played with instruments like the harmonium, the rubab, the sarangi, the Ghatam which is popularly known as Noet [3] In Kashmiri, the geger, the tumbaknaer and the chimta.
The Bharata Natya Shastra, which is notable as an ancient encyclopedic treatise on the arts which has influenced dance, music and literary traditions in Indian culture, originated in Kashmir. [3] 2nd century BC writer Patanjali compiled his compendium on Yoga in Kashmir. [2] The Panchatantra is also said to have originated in this region. [4]
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Pashmina shawls have been a fashion essential around the world for centuries, dating back to 200 years ago when Napoleon presented his wife with one. The silky cloth which is known as the finest ...
Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali , the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini 's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra , and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita ...