Inca King Huayna Capac Appeals To The Sun God II
by Al Bourassa
Title
Inca King Huayna Capac Appeals To The Sun God II
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
Huayna Capac, Huayna Cápac, Guayna Capac (in hispanicized spellings) or Wayna Qhapaq (Quechua wayna young, young man, qhapaq the mighty one, “the young mighty one”) (1464/1468–1525/1527) was the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire and sixth of the Hanan dynasty. His original name was Tito Husi Hualpa. He was the successor to Topa Inca Yupanqui.
Huayna Capac was born in Tomebamba, possibly in 1468. He was the son of Topa Inca.
Huayna Capac’s legitimate wife and full sister was Coya Cusirimay. The couple produced no male heirs, but Huayna Capac sired as many as 50 or more children with other women, including Ninan Cuyochi, Huáscar, Atahualpa, Túpac Huallpa, Manco Inca Yupanqui, General Atoc, Paullu Inca, and Quispe Sisa, all of whom could be said to be his successors.
Huayna Capac extended the Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire) significantly to the south into present-day Chile and Argentina and tried to annex territories towards the north, in what is now Ecuador and southern Colombia, founding cities like Atuntaqui and building astronomical observatories such as Ingapirca. The capital city of the Tawantinsuyu was in Cuzco, and Huayna Capac hoped to establish a northern stronghold in the city of Tomebamba. In present-day Bolivia, he was responsible for developing Cochabamba as an important agriculture and administrative center, with more than two thousand silos for corn storage built in the area. Further north, Huayna Capac’s forces reached the Chinchipe River Basin but were pushed back by the Shuar in 1527.
The Inca empire reached the height of its size and power under his rule, stretching over much of present-day Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and southwestern Colombia. It included varying terrain from high frozen Andes to the densest swamps, and more than two hundred distinct ethnic groups, each with their own customs and languages. The empire spanned over a thousand miles north to south.
Despite the geographical and cultural challenges, Inca or Tawantinsuyu, “the united four regions”, was sophisticated for its time and place. At its height, it had monumental cities, temples, fortresses of stone marvelously engineered, roads cut through granite mountain slopes, and massive agricultural terraces and hydraulic works.
A dedicated ruler, Huayna Capac did much to improve the lives of his people. In addition to building temples and other works, Huayna greatly expanded the road network. The Inca Trail has been granted World Heritage status as of June 2014. He had storehouses built along it for food so that aid could be quickly rushed to any who were in danger of starvation.
This artwork is derived from a photograph taken at the Pumapungo Inca ruins July 21/17 in Cuenca, Ecuador, South America nestled in the Andes Mountains.
Cuenca is a World Heritage Site.
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June 9th, 2018
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