Historically kashmir referred to the kashmir valley.
History of wood carving in kashmir. Walnut wood carving is an ornamental and delicate craft process that is unique to kashmir due to the concentration of walnut trees in this region. This craft reached its excellence earlier carving was mainly done on the walls doors and pillars of shrines mosques and on the royal buildings. We are blessed with two such master artists namely abdul ahad muran and mohammad yusuf muran. Carved walnut wood work is among the most.
Kashmir is one of the few places where walnuts grow thus making walnut wood carving an extraordinary craft in kashmir. Juglans regia tree that grows highly in kashmir region uses for wood carving and kashmir is. It is listed at item 182 as kashmir walnut wood carving of the gi act 1999 of the government of india with. Kashmir walnut wood carving is wood carving work that are manufactured in the jammu kashmir state india the walnut wood carving work has been protected under the geographical indication gi of the agreement on trade related aspects of intellectual property rights trips agreement.
Wood carving is an extremely difficult craft and takes years of hard work to master. The wood carving craft came to kashmir from central asia iran 600 700 years ago it was the time when saint shah hamadan ra came kashmir to spread islam during the period zain ul abidin budshah 1420 1470. The muran brothers are the oldest kashmiri.