Qulla

Qulla was an Aymara chiefdom on the Collao plateau, centred on Hatunqulla near Lake Titicaca. The kingdom preserved Tiwanaku rites, including the chullpa tombs at Sillustani.

Around 1400 Qulla fought the Lupaca and lost at Paucarcolla, with the Inca Viracocha secretly backing the Lupaca king Cari. In the mid-fifteenth century Pachacuti defeated the Qulla king Chuchi Capac and received the lords' submission at Hatunqulla. Later Inca rulers suppressed revolts; in 1538 Qulla and Spanish allies defeated the Lupaca at the Desaguadero.