Tag: Kashmiri

Several Buddhists and Hindu dynasties ruled Kashmir, an important centre of Indic civilization until the advent of Islam in the valley. Traders, preachers, Muslims who were being persecuted in Persia by Taimur and other places were welcomed and given refuge by the Hindu rulers Suhadeva and Rama...

Circa 1988–89ish. My mother purchased a Pheran from J & K Handlooms Dev Corp shop called Poshish in Srinagar. It was readymade and a light grey one. Typically, Kashmiris would buy cloth, and much like other clothes, get the Pheran stitched. This was probably a first one, as it was off the ...