Ichma

The Ichma kingdom held the Lurín and Rímac valleys on the desert coast near present-day Lima. Its heart was Pachacamac, an oracle city whose sanctuary drew pilgrims from across the central Andes.

Around 1469 the Inca absorbed Ichma as a province, but continued to patronize the oracle and added a Temple of the Sun. In 1533 Hernando Pizarro marched to Pachacamac and sacked the sanctuary. Two years later the Spanish founded Lima in the neighbouring Rímac Valley.