Sinchi Roca

Type Figure Region Cusco Time c. 1230–1260 Also known as Sinchi Ruca

Sinchi Roca is the second Sapa Inca in Inca oral tradition and colonial chronicles, of the Hurin lineage, traditionally the son of Manco Cápac and Ma…

Timeline

c. 1230–1260Cusco · Cusco RegionInca oral history (panaca royal-clan memory) records Sinchi Roca succeeding his father, establishing the principle of patrilineal succession. His name means in Quechua 'valiant and generous Inca'; sinchi later became a warlord title and cápac a ruler title.
c. 1230–1260Cusco · Cusco RegionColonial chronicles attribute pierced ears with gold earrings, the mascapaicha headdress and some Cusco valley engineering works to him. These are oral attributions, not verifiable 13th-century individual achievements. The traditional heir was Yawar Waqaq.

Sources

Sinchi Roca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinchi_Roca
History of the Incas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Incas
Royal Commentaries of the Incas — Garcilaso de la Vega (1609)