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1\i .' \\ ·ar-kancha inhabited by the descendants of

the Inka Wirakocha.

K TUR-KANCHA: This building, conical

in shape, mentioned in colonial descriptions of

Cuzco of th rmiddle of the 16th Century, accord-

. ino· to Polo de Ondegardo and his plagiarist Fa–

Cobo,

~r as

situated at the intersection of the

Plaz de A·rn1:as and Cabildo, "near the Amaru–

kancha . Fragments of this sanctuary can still

L1·

en in tl1e Inka

all

of the Portal Espinar

( 1'

rmerly Botoneros) at the bookshop of Señor

Il G. Rozas.

PUMAKU KU: Tl1e Inkas domesticated pu–

mas, fox s, 1awks and othrer animals.

his

most intieresti g oc0unt, Murua tells us of the

maidens of A>jlla-wa i playin

ith. lion and pu–

ma cubs. This anunal is the principal totemic god

in the kes,;v

eligions. There prohably was a spe–

cial den for thes animals at Pumakurku or "the

rafter of the Puma".

The SANKA-KANCHA was the penitentiary

established by the Inkas, and ·was located over an

inmei1se area, known today as the Tambo de Mon–

tero. It extended from Karmenka (Santa Ana) to

the Sappi. It is ass(jrted that the crirminals were

thrown into caves and ditches and horrible dung–

eons, where they were fed to wild beasts and rep–

til s. lf not devoured by the beasts, the prisoner

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