Shor Bazaar.

1977
An early 19th century account by Mountstuart Elphinstone states that the Hindu communities were active in commercial enterprises and money lending. They lived in 3-storey houses profusely decorated with carved wood in the Kashmiri manner that far grander than their Muslim neighbors.

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1977<br />
An early 19th century account by Mountstuart Elphinstone states that the Hindu communities were active in commercial enterprises and money lending. They lived in 3-storey houses profusely decorated with carved wood in the Kashmiri manner that far grander than their Muslim neighbors.