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· dus of the sov reigns and

tribal survivors

l'r

Tiahuanacu,

following

the cala trophe

\Yhich brought about

their downfall and dis-

ers1on.

The tradition of the Brothers Ayar symbol–

iz s the heroes of four brother tribes which gave

o··i .o'in to the Inca dynasties. Of these four broth–

Ayar Uchu, Ayar Oachi, Ayiar Aucca and

A. ar l\íanco, the first three were

turned

into

stonc, only the fourth, Ayar Manco, surviving. In

Mach u Picchu the!'e still exist the ruins of an

difice with three windovvs which is believed by

Professor Hira1n Bingham to have antedated this

tradition.

he Na ionalizati niMoveme

•

The pe

iod during whicl ihe Empire of the

Incas w

firml~

e tablished, under a genu1nely

n1onarohistic

organiza ion,

begins · with

the

reign of Pachacutec, under which originated · the

social, political and artistic rebuilding of Cuzco,

which may be called a renaissance of the quechua

culture. Under the rule of Pachacutec began the

reconstruction of the sanctuary dedicated to the

cosmic cults or Intioancha, the ruins of which

slill exist; the irrigation of the surrounding val–

ley

~rith

the canalization of the rivulets fiowing

through

it;

the establishing of schools, thB pro–

pagation of the cult of the Sun, the diffusion of

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