Sora

Sora was the land of the Soras highlanders around Hatun Soras in Ayacucho, divided into Soras and Chalcos. They worshipped the snow peak of Ccarhuarazo. After the Wari state's fall they fought the neighbouring Chanka.

Allied with the Incas, the Soras were incorporated into their empire under Pachacuti, who ruled from 1438 to 1471. Hatun Soras housed an aclla house with five hundred women dedicated to the sun. Soras chiefs were at Cajamarca when Pizarro seized the Inca ruler in 1532; the town became the encomienda of Pizarro's companion Melchor Palomino.