Inca Roca (Quechua = Inka Ruq'a, "magnanimity Inca") () was the sixth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around 1350) and the first of the Hanan ("upper") Qusqu dynasty.Steele, Paul Richard and Allen, Catherine J.; (2004), Handbook of Inca Mythology, ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, California, page 193, His wife was Mama Michay, and his son was Yawar Waqaq.
He had four other famous sons: Inca Paucar, Huaman Taysi Inca, and Vicaquirau Inca. Vicaquirau Inca and Roca's nephew Apu Mayta were great warriors, who helped subjugate Muyna, Pinahua and Caytomarca. He died .
However, after Qhapaq Yupankiʻs death, the hanan moiety rebelled against the hurin, killed Quispe Yupanki, and gave the throne to Inca Roca, son of another of Qhapaq Yupankiʻs wives, Cusi Chimbo. Inca Roca moved his palace into the hurin section of Cuzco.
In legend, he is said to have conquered the ChankaDick Edgar Ibarra Grasso, (1963), "Novedades Sobre la Verdadera Historia de los Incas", Journal of Inter-American Studies, 5(1), pp. 19–30, in Spanish (among other peoples), as well as established the yachaywasi, schools for teaching nobles. More soberly, he seems to have improved the irrigation works of Cuzco and neighboring areas,Canseco, María Rostworowski de Diez and Murra, John V.; (1960), "Succession, Coöption to Kingship, and Royal Incest among the Inca", Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 16(4), pp. 417-427 but the Chancas continued to trouble his successors.
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