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History of Armenians in India.From the pre-earliest times to the present day

1895

After the destruction of that masterpiece of primitive architecture on the Euphrates and the dispersion of the nations consequent on the confusion of tongues *Haik unwilling to submit to the authority of Belus the Nimrod of the Bible wlto ruled suprime at Babel (i.e. [...] After the fall of the Arsacidx dynasty in 428 A. D. the Sassanidx of Persia held sway over Armenia until the riseof the Mi tammadan power under the Saracens * who havittg invade Persia in 636 A. D. and overthrown the rule of the Sassanidx forced the helpless followers of Zoroaster to embrace the religion of Muhammad. [...] The Armenians—the champions of the Christian faith in the East--rose as one man in 451 A. D. under the leadership of Vardan the brave Mamigonian chief to oppose the mighty Persians who wanted to force upon the Armnians their Zoroastrian religion.* When the rule of the Prefects ceased Prince Ashot an Armenian chief and a scion of the noble house of Bagratoonians assumed the government of [...] The capital of the dynasty of the Bagratida founded by Prince Ashot was the far-famed Ani and its celebrated ruins at the present day extort the wonder and admiration of the tourist and the archaeologist. [...] After the fall of the third dynasty in Armenia brought about by the treachery of the Greeks Rouben a scion of the family of the Bagratidx and a relative of Gagik the last king of that dynasty whom the Greeks had Sssassinot‘4 founded in 1080 A. D. the fourth royal dynaTty in far-Off Cilicia where thousands of Armenians had migrated and taken refuge in the fastnesses of the Taurus mountains
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Preface
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Chapter I. Historical Sketch of the Armenian Nation
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Chapter II. Advent of the Armenians into India
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Chapter III .Landmarks of Armenians in Behar and Bengal
34-38 unknown view
Chapter IV .Armenians and the East India Company
39-50 unknown view
Chapter V .Armenians as Political Stepping-Stones
51-64 unknown view
Chapter VI. British Supremacy in the Ascendant
65-80 unknown view
Chapter VII. Bolts Denounces the Company’s Policy
81-91 unknown view
Chapter VIII .Monopoly of Salt Betel-Nut and Tobacco
92-103 unknown view
Chapter IX. Two Armenians of Wealth and Honour
104-113 unknown view
Chapter X. How Loyalty Was Rewarded in Prosperity and Adversity
114-128 unknown view
Chapter XI .Armenian Literary Institutions etc
129-140 unknown view
Chapter XII. The Armenian Settlement in Southern India
141-150 unknown view
Chapter XIII.An Olla Podrida of Interesting Events
151-159 unknown view
Chapter XIII .Promulgation of Armenian Literature in India
160-165 unknown view
Chapter XIV. Conclusion
166-174 unknown view
Appendices
175-190 unknown view
The Armenian Relief Fund
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