Did you know ? Cashmere shawls have been manufactured in Kashmir and Nepal for thousands of years, but the Indians never called them "pashmina". It was popularly called Kashmiri wool shawls.
Pashmina is an indigenous Nepali word which only became popular after the so-named shawls, woven in Nepal started being popular in the west. What is commonly thought of as pashminas have their origin in Nepal, where the people have a cultural heritage of hand weaving pashmina shawls with the well-known fringing and hand dyeing.
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