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https://www.livescience.com/hulagu-khan-palace
https://president.mn/en/2025/01/20/president-khurelsukh-visits-archaeological-excavation-site-of-the-summer-palace-of-ilkhaan-khulegu/

https://montsame.mn/en/read/300439

The researchers said that the model of the city of Kharkhorum was probably used in terms of building design and architectural arrangement. The construction of a Buddhist temple and the involvement of Buddhist sculptors and artisans in the decoration of the palace increase the possibility that the palace is Mongolian in nature. The preliminary observation of the research team revealed the remains of blue and green pottery of the Ilkhanate period, as well as the remains of wall-patterned pottery.

https://www.mongolianembassy.com.tr/hbrm_651_speaker-of-the-parliament-g-zandanshatar-welcomes-researchers-who-found-the-ruins-of-khulegu-khans-summer-palace

It is said in Tashram that the palace was built 9 years after Khulegu Khan left Mongolia in 1252. Based on this, the researchers said that it is likely that the model of Kharkhorum city was used for the construction and architectural organization. The construction of a Buddhist temple and the involvement of Buddhist sculptors and artisans in the decoration of the palace increase the probability that the palace is Mongolian in nature. The preliminary survey of the research team revealed ruins of blue and green pottery and wall-patterned pottery from the period of Il Khaad period, as well as artifacts similar to the roof pottery with zeebad found in the excavations of Kharkhorum, which have been preserved in the local museum.

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Some sources record the presence of pagan Indians on the Armenian soil around the middle of the 2nd century CE. They lived, undisturbed, in the Armenian region of Daron until the beginning of 4th century, when they were attacked and forced to become Christians23. According to E. Seldeslachts, at least their two leaders could have easily been representatives of those Greeks formerly settled in Bactria, who later occupied the Ganges Plain until c. 50 CE and started to be known by modern historians as Indo-Greeks24. Unfortunately, the sources are not too specific on the religion professed by this people in Daron. It is not clear if they adhered to Buddhism since they are described more generally as pagans in the Armenian sources which are considered to be, normally, quite precise25.

23 = J. Kennedy, "The Indians in Armenia, 130 B.C.-300 A.D.", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1904: 309-314. // 310-311.
24 = E. Seldeslachts, "The End of the Road for the Indo-Greeks?", Iranica Antiqua, XXXIX, 2004: 253-255. // 253-255.

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DOI: 10.2143/IA.39.0.503898 https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=issue&journal_code=IA&issue=0&vol=39 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/xv-the-indians-in-armenia-130-bc300-ad1/9FFF4AE1B62008298F868AAAEB6BEDA8

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315023281-3/syriac-armenian-christian-responses-islamification-mongols-david-bundy The Syriac and Armenian Christian Responses to the Islamification of the Mongols

https://arar.sci.am/Content/35549/file_0.pdf 1587 թ. նկարազարդված Ավետարանի աստվածը /րիվ անսովոր Է և նմանվում Է Բուդդային։ Անկասկած, այդ ժամանակաշրջանում Ջուղայի հայությունն ստանում Էր Բուդդայի պատկերով հեռավորարևելյան իրեր։

https://arar.sci.am/Content/288269/148-151.pdf ԱՐԵՎԵԼՑԱՆ ՆՐԲԵՐԱՆԳՆԵՐՆ ԱՂԱՍԻ ԱՅՎԱԶՑԱՆԻ ԱՐՁԱԿՈՒՄ

 ժամանակակից հայ արձակի նշանավոր ներկայացուցիչներից մեկի՝ Աղա սի Այվագյանի արվեստը, կարելի է ասել, առնչվում է արևելյան աշխարհին, նրա հոգեբանությանը, նիստուկացին: Առանձին ստեղծագործություններ պարզապես հագեցած են արևելյան շեշտադրությամբ ու նրբերանգներով: Այդ են ասում և վերնսւգրհրը՝ «Արևելյան դուքան», «Մուխամբազ՝ դուդուկով», «Թիֆլիս», «Պուճուր մի տեղ Բուդդայի կողքին», «Նախշուն բաղնիքը», «Դարդ-աղյոաը» և այլն:

https://arar.sci.am/Content/368685/1.pdf ԱՎԵՏԻՔ ԻՍԱՀԱԿՅԱՆ - ԱՖՈՐԻԶՄՆԵՐ

Мой идеал – Будда, Ницше, Гейне. 
Благодаря им я пришел к себе. Я очень благодарен Толстому, Шопенгауэру, Будде, которые меня очень, очень многому научили. Я очень благодарен им и склоняю голову перед их величием, но я, хоть и не велик, остался собой. Мысль, которую я высказал: что “Нужно быть молотом или наковальней”, – она верна, потому что, когда армянин видел, что у него на глазах уничтожают его народ, эксплуатируют и угнетают его, он должен был проявить признаки гнева. Всё это – следствие горечи.
Нарекаци, Ницше, Шопенгауэр, Шекспир, Сервантес, Данте, Пушкин, Гёте, Гейне, Толстой, Платон, Сократ, Будда... Это лишь небольшая часть бездонного источника, из которого Варпет всю жизнь черпал знания и мудрость. В “космической библиотеке” его имя стоит рядом с именами самых великих творцов. Приведу один лишь пример.

https://arar.sci.am/Content/176443/PDF/file_0.pdf This excerpt discusses certain philosophical and literary elements in Hovhannes Tumanyan's work, highlighting his reflections on profound themes such as life, death, infinity, eternity, and universal harmony. In the context of Buddhism, it specifically points out that Tumanyan's worldview and pantheism are not aligned with the Buddhist concept of Nirvana.

Nirvana is described here as a state that renounces everything human. The author emphasizes that Tumanyan does not seek this form of "eternal peace, serene love, and tranquil optimism." Instead, his perspective differs both from the Buddhist notion of Nirvana and from Spinoza's concept of "universal unity," which Schopenhauer criticized as a form of "polite atheism."

This suggests that Tumanyan's philosophical outlook retains a focus on the human condition and its struggles, diverging from Buddhist transcendence and detachment.

կալկութթայի Հայերն եւ Բուդդա https://tert.nla.am/archive/NLA%20AMSAGIR/Handesamsorya/1898/2_ocr.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20240213071127/https://tert.nla.am/archive/NLA%20AMSAGIR/Handesamsorya/1898/2_ocr.pdf

Art and Architecture in Byzantium and Armenia: Liturgical and Exegetical Approaches // Thomas F. Mathews // Variorum, 1995, p. 208

Finally, while the clipeate oval is a plain feld, the mandorla is often bordered in concentric bands of color, especially red, white, and green, as in the Rabbula Gospel or in the Armenian frescoes of L.mbat and Talin.6! All of these features can be traced in early Buddhist art in Central Asia. Though the shape of the Buddhist aureole is variable-oval, circular, or flame-shaped--the Buddha in front of the aureole is always a full-length figure, whether standing or seated

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In the early 16th century, a young Kalmyk boy, likely originally a Buddhist, was purchased at a slave market by an Armenian merchant Mxit‘ar and converted to Christianity and given the name Astuacatur (God-given) Xat‘ayec‘i. He was tortured to death in 1519, aged 18, for refusing to apostatize, by the Muslim authorities of Bitlis, who considered him a Turk and therefore a Muslim. Grigoris, Catholicos of Aghtamar, wrote a verse martyrology for his mentor Grigor Vardapet on Astuacatur.^[2]

In 2024 Yerevan State University offered a course in Buddhist Discourse in Western Literature.^[3]

Henrik Edoyan

https://arar.sci.am/Content/288269/148-151.pdf ԱՐԵՎԵԼՑԱՆ ՆՐԲԵՐԱՆԳՆԵՐՆ ԱՂԱՍԻ ԱՅՎԱԶՑԱՆԻ ԱՐՁԱԿՈՒՄ

hy:Աղասի Այվազյան «Պուճուր մի տեղ Բուդդայի կող- քին» պատմվածքը https://tert.nla.am/archive/NLA%2520TERT/Grakantert/2002/34_ocr.pdf https://arar.sci.am/Content/288269/148-151.pdf

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Citations

↑ Compareti, Matteo (August 2007). "Buddhist Activity in Pre-Islamic Persia According to Literary Sources and Archaeology". Transoxiana. 12. Universidad del Salvador. ISSN 1666-7050.
↑ Cite error: The named reference Cowe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
↑ "Yerevan State University Faculty of European Languages and Communication, Chair of Foreign Literature announces admission for the Course in Buddhist Discourse in Western Literature (Continuing education) for undergraduate and masters degree students". ysu.am. Yerevan State University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[1] Compareti, Matteo (August 2007). "Buddhist Activity in Pre-Islamic Persia According to Literary Sources and Archaeology". Transoxiana. 12. Universidad del Salvador. ISSN 1666-7050.

[Cowe-2] Cite error: The named reference Cowe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Yerevan State University Faculty of European Languages and Communication, Chair of Foreign Literature announces admission for the Course in Buddhist Discourse in Western Literature (Continuing education) for undergraduate and masters degree students". ysu.am. Yerevan State University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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