Today Indian cashmere is becoming well known. It's native name is Pashmina and it has become a favourite in high fashion circles. To differentiate it from it's more common Chinese and Mongolian varieties people say that it is a different animal or that it is the wool of only a certain part of the animal. But the fact is that it is the same animal  that other cashmere comes from. Pashmina of India is simply the best cashmere in the world.

So little is known of the Himalayan goat hair business, that few people can make the connection between cashmere and Kashmir India and yet it's to this area that traders have come for centuries seeking the world's finest cashmere wool. The finest cashmere wool comes from Tibet. It was under the talented and dexterous fingers of Kashmiri weavers that the wool was first brought to the loom unknown centuries ago. Hence the name "cashmere", evolved, as ancient Kashmir was known.

Demand for cashmere in the world has grown so much that Cashmere goats can be commonly found at almost any place , that means even on the lower elevations one can easily locate these goats. Because of the fineness of this wool 'Cashmere Shawls' is one of the most sought after shawls in India and Europe.

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