The wraps called the shawls originally and literary came into being from Kashmir itself.  The Shawls industry in Kashmir is as old as the Aryan itself, even in Mohanjudaro civilization historians have founded evidence of the wrap called the shawls .

The basic fabric of the Shawl can be wool, silk, cotton, linen etc.  The woolen shawls which comes from the Kashmir is a Royal Possession of every person in India and Abroad since ages.  Different kinds of wool are used to make shawls .

The simple Kashmir wool, the finer Kashmir wool called 'Pashmina' which is very famous for it's warmth and softness, it comes from the special specie of the Himalayan goat.

The Government has set up height altitude farms for the breeding of the goats in the higher reaches of Kashmir and Ladakh.  Wool is sheared for these goats twice a year and maximum wool do come locally from the tribals of Ladakh.