Astley Hall
Rajpur road - a complex full of interesting, and good value shops and restaurants.
Rajpur Road
The most popular shopping area.
Khukris
The traditonal knives that dehradun is famous for. in fact the sword used in the film "gladiator" was designed and made in dehradun. small shops in dehradun stock them.
Himalayan Weavers
Use natural dyes to produce hand-woven shawls, stoles, scarves and throws of wool, eri silk and pashmina. their aim is popularize the use of environmentally friendly natural dyes and provide a market for craft products made in the himalayan region. they have a showroom in chowk bazaar rajpur. they also have a showroom 8 km from mussoorie on the mussoorie-dhanaulti road. rajpur: 01352733113, mussoorie: 0135-2115282 and 9759009830. (http://www.himalayanweave...)
The English book Depot
(http://www.ebdbooks.com) 15, rajpur road - the best bookshop for miles, with an excellent stock of fiction, travel literature, magazines and newspapers.
Book World
Another great bookshop where you can get practically any book you want.
Paltan Bazaar
A good place to pick up the local variety of basmati rice, and hand made woollen garments made by local tribal communities.
Basmati rice
The dehradun area is famous all over india & the world for its fragrant basmati rice, but you can probably buy bags of it at your local indian store so don't bother buying any here.
hand made woollen items
Brightly coloured, hand made woollen items made by tribal communities in the nearby Garhwal Hills.