Srinagar, Oct. 4 -- Kashmir is a land of beauty and its name evokes images of dream landscapes and rich cultural traditions. It is a storehouse of exquisite works of art fostered by people renowned for elegant taste and artistic faculty. The Kashmir has won a great reputation as artisan and were celebrated in the old days for their skill in art manufacturing for which Kashmir is celebrated throughout the world, is that of the light, warm, and elegant article of dress, which from its native appellation, is known as "Shawl". The Kashmiri shawl developed during three hundred years of Kashmir's history through four different periods of foreign political rule. During the said periods, Kashmir was ruled successively by the Mughals, the Afghans,...