A type of traditional South Asian wool shawl or wrapping garment, particularly associated with Kashmir and the Himalayas.
From Persian and Urdu 'choga,' itself borrowed from Sanskrit or Turkic languages. The garment traveled trade routes between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Chogas were so prized by wealthy merchants and rulers that they became valuable trade commodities themselves—a single fine choga could cost more than a laborer's yearly wages in medieval India.
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