History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s5.t1.2

v5.c84.s5.t1.2

The Emperors treated Kashmir merely as a pleasure resort. They did not try to improve the face of the land or the condition of the people. The cultivation of saffron was known there before the Mughal conquest, and it became a source of profit to them afterwards. Of the shawl industry the wool (and sometimes the yarn) were supplied by this province; but shawl-weaving was successfully transplanted from it to other centres, such as Lahor.