Brian S. Bauer is Professor of Anthropology at University of Illinois-Chicago.Jean-Jacques Decoster is Professor of History at Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco in Peru.Vania Smith is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame.

• Preface (Brian S. Bauer and Vania Smith)AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa and The History of the Incas (Brian S. Bauer and Jean-Jacques Decoster)Second Part of the General History Called Indica (Translated and Edited by Brian S. Bauer and Vania Smith)Cover letter to King Philip II of Spain[1] Division of the history[6] The origin fable of these barbarous Indians of Peru, according to their blind opinions[7] The fable about the second age and the creation of these barbarous Indians, according to their account[8] Ancient tribes of the provinces of Peru and its regions[9] First settlers of the Cuzco Valley[10] How the Incas began to tyrannize the lands of the tribes[11] The origin fable of the Incas of Cuzco[12] The route that these companies of the Incas took to the Cuzco Valley and the fables that they mix with the history[13] The entry of the Incas into the Cuzco Valley and the fables that they tell about it there[14] The disagreements between Manco Capac and the Alcabizas over the fields[15] The life of Cinchi Roca, the second Inca, begins[16] The life of Lloqui Yupanqui, the third Inca[17] The life of Mayta Capac, the fourth Inca[18] The life of Capac Yupanqui, the fifth Inca[19] The life of Inca Roca, the sixth Inca[20] The life of Tito Cusi Hualpa, whom they commonly call Yahuar Huacac[21] What happened after the Ayarmacas kidnapped Tito Cusi Hualpa[22] How it became known that Yahuar Huacac was alive[23] Yahuar Huacac Inca Yupanqui, the seventh Inca, begins the Incaship only after the death of his father[24] The life of Viracocha, the eighth Inca[25] The provinces and towns that Viracocha Inca, the eighth Inca, conquered and tyrannized[26] The life of Inca Yupanqui, or Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, the ninth Inca[27] The Chancas attack Cuzco[28] The second victory that Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui had over the Chancas[29] Inca Yupanqui Inca raises himself as Inca and takes the tassel without the consent of his father[30] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui rebuilds the city of Cuzco[31] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui rebuilds the House of the Sun and establishes new idols in it[32] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui depopulates [the area] two leagues around Cuzco[33] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui kills his older brother named Inca Urcon[34] The nations that Pachacuti Inca destroyed and the towns he attacked; first, Tocay Capac, the cinchi of the Ayarmacas, and [then the] destruction of the Cuyos[35] The other nations that Inca Yupanqui conquered by himself and with Inca Roca[36] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui endows the House of the Sun with great wealth[37] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui conquers the province of Collasuyu[38] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui sends [Capac Yupanqui] to conquer the provinces of Chinchaysuyu[39] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui establishes mitimaes in all the lands he had conquered[40] The Collas, sons of Chuchic Capac, rise up against Inca Yupanqui, seeking their freedom[41] Amaru Topa Inca and Apu Paucar Usno continue the conquest of the Collao and defeat the Collas once again[42] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui appoints his son Topa Inca Yupanqui as his successor[43] Pachacuti arms his son Topa Inca as a knight[44] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui sends his son Topa Inca Yupanqui to conquer Chinchaysuyu[45] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui inspects the provinces conquered by him and his captains[46] Topa Inca Yupanqui sets out a second time by order of his father to conquer what remained of Chinchaysuyu[47] The death of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui[48] The life of Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Inca[49] Topa Inca Yupanqui conquers the province of the Andes[50] Topa Inca Yupanqui goes to conquer and put down the risen Collas[51] Topa Inca makes the yanayacos[52] Topa Inca Yupanqui orders a second inspection of the land and does other things[53] Topa Inca builds the fortress of Cuzco[54] The death of Topa Inca Yupanqui[55] The life of Huayna Capac, the eleventh Inca[56] They give the tassel of Inca to Huayna Capac, the eleventh Inca[57] The first things that Huayna Capac did after being invested as Inca[58] Huayna Capac conquers the Chachapoyas[59] Huayna Capac inspects all the land from Quito to Chile[60] Huayna Capac wages war on the Quitos, Pastos, Carangues, Cayambes, and Guancabilicas[61] The Chiriguanas leave to wage war in Peru against those conquered by the Incas[62] What Huayna Capac did after those wars[63] The life of Huascar Inca, the last Inca, and that of Atahualpa[64] Huascar Inca leaves in person to fight against Chalco Chima and Quizquiz, Atahualpa's captains[65] The battle between the forces of Atahualpa and Huascar and the imprisonment of Huascar[66] What Chalco Chima and Quizquiz said to Huascar Inca and the others of his group[67] The cruelties that Atahualpa ordered be committed against the defeated and captured men of Huascar[68] News of the Spaniards reached Atahualpa[69] The Spaniards reach Cajamarca and capture Atahualpa, who orders that Huascar be killed, and he also dies[70] Noting how these Incas were oath-breakers and tyrants against their own, in addition to being against the natives of the land[71] Summary account of the time that the Incas of Peru lastedStatement of the proofs and verification of this historyAppendix 1: Sample TranslationAppendix 2: Editions of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa's The History of the IncasAppendix 3: The Rule of the Incas, Following Dates Provided by Sarmiento de GamboaAppendix 4: The Incas of Cuzco, Following Information Provided by Sarmiento de GamboaNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex