Պատմութիւն Հայոց (Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի)

History of the Armenians (Kirakos Ganjakecʿi)

Thirteenth-century history including King Hetʿum I's journey to the Mongol court (1254–55); it describes the idolaters who worship huge clay images of Šakmonia (Śākyamuni) and await Madri (Maitreya), the first Armenian account of Buddhism.

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Date

1241–1265 CE

Author

Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի

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