CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ARMENIAN NATION.
Erroneous impressions regarding the Armenian nation. i The Book of Genesis and Armenia ... 2 Haik, the founder of the Armenian nation • 3 Belus, the Nimrod of Holy Writ 4 The prestige of Aram with contemporary nations 5 The dynasties that ruled in Armenia 6 Paroyr, the first crowned king of Armenia ••• ... ••• 7 Tigranes I. and the taking of Babylon 8 Armenia under foreign sway ••• ... .. g King Tigranes the Great, surnamed * King of Kings * 10 Armenia invaded by the Saracens in 636 A.D 11 King Ashot, the founder of the Bagralidae 12 The Crusades in the Holy Land • •• 13 Leo VI., the last king of Armenia ... •• 14
- The Swiss of the East ' and their national characteristics ... 15
Their ineffacable nationalism 16 What Christianity owes to the Armenians 17 Dispersion of the Armenians throughout the world 18
CHAPTER II.
ADVENT OF THE ARMENIANS INTO INDIA.
Armenians attracted to India by its fabulous wealth , 19 Problematical early acquaintance of the Armenians with India 20 Armenia as a refuge for fugitive Indian princes •• 21 The old land route to India ... .• .• , 22 Armenians during the good old days of the Mogul Emperors... 23
