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Watch | A Kashmir papier-mâché artisan's dream project
The Hindu
A video on Maqbool Jan's latest masterpiece — a map of Srinagar city on cloth
Masters of have, for centuries, striven to bring to life the literary works of poets, Iranian kings and Mughal emperors using their art. No historian has been able to trace the first papier-mâché artisan who travelled to Kashmir from Persia, where the craft was born. Local legend has it that the art was introduced to Kashmir in the 15th century by a Kashmiri prince who had spent years in prison in Samarkand in Central Asia.More Related News