Travels in Kashmir: A Popular History of Its People, Places and Crafts by Brigid Keenan
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Travels in Kashmir
Summary
Drawing on British, European and Indian travel literature, this text paints a portrait of Kashmir and its people from the 12th century to the present. It celebrates the region's arts and crafts, especially its internationally renowned shawls, carpets and papier mache sculpture.
Travels in Kashmir Summary
Table of Contents
A personal introduction; the secret garden - an informal history; travellers' tales - descriptions of Kashmir from earliest times to the 19th century; resort of the Raj; a thousand flowers - arts, crafts, people; principal sites in Srinagar and the Kashmir Valley.
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GOR002019485
9780192827913
019282791X
Travels in Kashmir: A Popular History of Its People, Places and Crafts by Brigid Keenan
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19901004
240
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