Taulichusco

Taulichusco, also called the Elder , was an Incan kuraka who administered part of the Rímac Valley in the mid-16th century. The Stone of Taulichusco monument in his memory lies at the Pasaje Santa Rosa, next to the Plaza Mayor.

Biography Little is known about his origins and history before the arrival of the Spanish to its curacazgo. According to indigenous testimonies collected by the viceregal authorities, Taulichusco was "Yanakuna and servant of Mama Vilo, wife of Huayna Cápac." He was an authority imposed by the Incas of Cuzco in the valley.

His name, derived from Quechua, is translated as "four peoples" or "partialities" . The historian Carlos Romero asserts that the correct spelling of his name would be Tauri-Chusca.

His domain extended across part of the fertile valley of the Rímac River, a place full of orchards and fruit trees. He commanded an army of 3,000 soldiers. the current headquarters of the Peruvian government, a strategic place because it was a control node for the irrigation ditches that distributed water to the orchards in the valley.

He was, along with his brother Caxa Paxa, the last indigenous ruler of the area that would later become the City of Kings. His position disappeared with the conquest of Peru at the hands of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his hosts. He did not resist the Spanish and received them with hospitality, offering them gifts and food, The monument consists of a wanka, a 14-ton Andean ceremonial stone collected in the Amancaes pampa.

That same year, , a painter from Huarochirí, painted a portrait of him in a figurative style.