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# 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.

- **Language:** xcl
- **Date:** 1241–1265 CE
- **Author:** [Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի](https://indike.org/pramana/person/kirakos-ganjakeci)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.hy.kirakos-history](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.hy.kirakos-history) · Pramāṇa
