Mayta Cápac (Quechua = ''Mayta Qhapaq Inka'') () was the fourth

Sapa Inca The Sapa Inca (from ; ) was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu'' "the region of the four rovinces), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, Peru, Vilcabamba. While the origins ...

of the Kingdom of

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(beginning around 1290) and a member of the Hurin

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Family and personal

As a son of King Lloque Yupanqui, Mayta Cápac was his heir and the father of Cápac Yupanqui. His wife's name is given as Mama Tankariy Yachiy, or Tacucaray, or Mama Cuca.''The Incas - The royal commentaries of the Inca'', Garcilaso de la Vega His other children were Tarco Huaman, Apu Cunti Mayta, Queco Avcaylli, and Rocca Yupanqui.de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, Lexington, Mayta's mother was Mama Cora Ocllo Coya. She died in Cuzco.

Reign

Mayta Capac was referred to as the reformer of the calendar. The chroniclers describe him as a great warrior who conquered territories as far as

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, and

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. While in fact, his kingdom was still limited to the valley of Cuzco. In 1134, Mayta Cápac put the regions of

and

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under the control of the Inca empire. His great military feat was the subjugation of Alcabisas and Culunchimas tribes.

References

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