Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I MAYTA CCAPAC, THE FOURTH YNCA, ANNEXES TIAHUANACU. OF THE EDIFICES THAT WERE FOUND THERE
- CHAPTER II HATUNPACASA IS REDUCED, AND THEY CONQUER CAC-YAVIRI
- CHAPTER III THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE
- CHAPTER IV THEY REDUCE THREE PROVINCES AND CONQUER OTHERS.—THEY FORM COLONIES.—THOSE WHO USE POISON ARE PUNISHED
- CHAPTER V THE YNCA ACQUIRES THREE NEW PROVINCES, AND CONQUERS IN A VERY HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
- CHAPTER VI THOSE OF HUAYCHU SUBMIT, AND ARE MERCIFULLY PARDONED
- CHAPTER VII THEY REDUCE MANY TOWNS. THE YNCA ORDERS A BRIDGE OF OSIERS TO BE MADE
- CHAPTER VIII MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE
- CHAPTER IX THE YNCA ACQUIRES MANY OTHER GREAT PROVINCES, AND DIES IN PEACE
- CHAPTER X CCAPAC YUPANQUI, THE FIFTH KING, GAINS MANY PROVINCES IN CUNTI-SUYU
- CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE AYMARAS. THE CURACAS ARE PARDONED. LANDMARKS ARE FIXED ON THE BOUNDARIES
- CHAPTER XII THE YNCA SENDS AN ARMY TO CONQUER THE QUECHUAS. THEY ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION, WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT
- CHAPTER XIII THEY CONQUER MANY VALLEYS ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIV TWO GREAT CURACAS REFER THEIR DIFFERENCES TO THE YNCA, AND BECOME HIS SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER XV THEY MAKE A BRIDGE OF STRAW AND TWISTED FIBRES OVER THE DESAGUADERO. CHAYANTA IS CONQUERED
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE CONQUESTS OF FIVE GREAT PROVINCES, BESIDES OTHER SMALLER ONES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIX THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES
- CHAPTER XX A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES
- CHAPTER XXI OF THE CLOISTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND OF THE EDIFICES DEDICATED TO THE MOON, STARS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND RAINBOW
- CHAPTER XXII THE NAME OF THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND TOUCHING OTHER PARTS OF THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PLACES FOR THE SACRIFICES AND THE THRESHOLD WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SANDALS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE. CONCERNING THEIR FOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XXIV OF THE GARDEN OF GOLD, AND OF OTHER COSTLY THINGS IN THE TEMPLE, IN IMITATION OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE TEMPLES OF THAT EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF TITICACA, AND OF THE FABLES AND ALLEGORIES CONCERNING IT
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
CHAPTER XX - A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I MAYTA CCAPAC, THE FOURTH YNCA, ANNEXES TIAHUANACU. OF THE EDIFICES THAT WERE FOUND THERE
- CHAPTER II HATUNPACASA IS REDUCED, AND THEY CONQUER CAC-YAVIRI
- CHAPTER III THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE
- CHAPTER IV THEY REDUCE THREE PROVINCES AND CONQUER OTHERS.—THEY FORM COLONIES.—THOSE WHO USE POISON ARE PUNISHED
- CHAPTER V THE YNCA ACQUIRES THREE NEW PROVINCES, AND CONQUERS IN A VERY HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
- CHAPTER VI THOSE OF HUAYCHU SUBMIT, AND ARE MERCIFULLY PARDONED
- CHAPTER VII THEY REDUCE MANY TOWNS. THE YNCA ORDERS A BRIDGE OF OSIERS TO BE MADE
- CHAPTER VIII MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE
- CHAPTER IX THE YNCA ACQUIRES MANY OTHER GREAT PROVINCES, AND DIES IN PEACE
- CHAPTER X CCAPAC YUPANQUI, THE FIFTH KING, GAINS MANY PROVINCES IN CUNTI-SUYU
- CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE AYMARAS. THE CURACAS ARE PARDONED. LANDMARKS ARE FIXED ON THE BOUNDARIES
- CHAPTER XII THE YNCA SENDS AN ARMY TO CONQUER THE QUECHUAS. THEY ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION, WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT
- CHAPTER XIII THEY CONQUER MANY VALLEYS ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIV TWO GREAT CURACAS REFER THEIR DIFFERENCES TO THE YNCA, AND BECOME HIS SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER XV THEY MAKE A BRIDGE OF STRAW AND TWISTED FIBRES OVER THE DESAGUADERO. CHAYANTA IS CONQUERED
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE CONQUESTS OF FIVE GREAT PROVINCES, BESIDES OTHER SMALLER ONES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIX THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES
- CHAPTER XX A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES
- CHAPTER XXI OF THE CLOISTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND OF THE EDIFICES DEDICATED TO THE MOON, STARS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND RAINBOW
- CHAPTER XXII THE NAME OF THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND TOUCHING OTHER PARTS OF THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PLACES FOR THE SACRIFICES AND THE THRESHOLD WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SANDALS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE. CONCERNING THEIR FOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XXIV OF THE GARDEN OF GOLD, AND OF OTHER COSTLY THINGS IN THE TEMPLE, IN IMITATION OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE TEMPLES OF THAT EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF TITICACA, AND OF THE FABLES AND ALLEGORIES CONCERNING IT
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
Summary
One of the principal idols of the Kings Yncas and their vassals was the imperial city of Cuzco, which the Indians worshipped as a sacred thing, both because it was founded by the first Ynca, Manco Ccapac, and on account of the innumerable victories which have been won by its citizens. It was also venerated as the court and home of the Yncas. This veneration was so great that it was shown even in very small things. For if two Indians of equal rank met each other in the road, one coming from and the other going to Cuzco, he who was coming from the city was accosted by the other as a superior, because he had been at Cuzco, and this respect was shown with more solemnity if the traveller was a resident, and still more if he was a native of the capital. The same feeling prevailed as regards seeds and pulses, or anything else. Whatever came from Cuzco, although in reality not superior, was preferred solely for that reason. Being thus held in such veneration, these kings ennobled the capital to the utmost of their power, with sumptuous edifices and royal palaces, some of which we shall describe. Among these the most remarkable was the temple of the Sun, which they adorned with incredible riches, each Ynca augmenting its splendour, and excelling his predecessor.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 270 - 273Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869