The wool used for making Pashmina shawls is found in ____.

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The wool used for making Pashmina shawls is found in Ladakh.
The expensive high-quality wool used in making Pashmina shawls is found in Ladakh. Ladakh is a desert in the mountains in the northernmost part of India. Ladakh receives a minimum amount of rainfall and is mostly covered in snow. Thus, agricultural activities are scarce in the region. Therefore, the occupational activity of the people in this region is for collecting wool. People keep goats who give a special quality of wool which is then woven to make Pashmina shawls. These Pashmina shawls are woven in Kashmir. These Pashmina shawls are not only famous in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the Ladakh region; it is a widely known shawl worldwide. The Pashmina shawls are expensive because of the superior quality of wool used in their making.

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