Inca Road System

The Inca Road system is one of the extensive trade and defence networks of road construction by the Incas. It runs 30,000 km at an altitude of 6000 m and more, and it constitutes deserts and fertile valleys and rainforests. The terrain is said to be one of the world’s most extreme, which expanded to the most in the 15th century and is linked to the Andes’s snow-capped peaks.

This extensive Inca communication was built several centuries ago based on pre-Inca infrastructure. Across 6000 km, the length and breadth of the Andes constitute 273 component sites. The basis of selection for this ranges from their political, engineering, and social to architectural achievements. Areas with religious importance are also considered, along with necessities like storage, trade and accommodation.

Inca Road System

• The Inca Road system is popularly called Royal Road and is often referred to as Qhapaq Ñan. To construct such an advanced transportation system which is enormous requires large chunks of time and effort
• Inca road system is in pre-Columbian South America and runs at least 40,000 kilometres
• This Inca Road system is used by everyone from armies and caravans to travellers 
• The local people of this defence network of roads preserve the ancient traditions and languages. They are called the custodians of Qhapaq Ñan or the traditional guardians
• This, by sheer scale, is a product of engineering brilliance and has solved many problems caused by bridges, terrain, stairs, and cobblestone paving, among many myriad issues

Extensive Inca Communication

• A state organisational system is created with Andean knowledge and culture fusion. This facilitates imperial policy by exchanging values of political, economic and social importance
• Valuable resources like metals, coca, and military supplies, among various other things, manufactured, provide lasting evidence
• The extensive Inca communication is the support system of the Inca Empire
• This symbolises duality, reciprocity and redistribution among the Inca civilisation
• Close kins and mutual support distinctly identify life here
• This technological ensemble depicts skills in remote settings as well as in rural areas. This has illustrated typologies in sewage pipes, steps, and walls, among many others, constructed as per region contact and their location despite the rugged geographical terrain.

Defence Network of Roads

• There exists a jurisdiction at the local and national levels in six countries. All of these state parties have agreed to protect Qhapaq Ñan through several statement commitments and international joint declarations signed during the period 2010 to 2012
• The national heritage legislation is provided in all property components
• For the candidature phase in nomination, there is one of the two management frameworks designed by the state parties. After the inscription is achieved, the second phase will start
• The Paris-based international Coordination Committee guided the preparation phase. Similarly, the World Heritage Inscription overarching management framework is directed by State parties’ regional networks
• The State Party of Peru supports the technical coordination secretariat. Here the data is garnered and sent to all Qhapaq Ñan states when meetings among the experts are organised
• In Qhapaq Ñan, there are problems with perpetuating the living traditions. So, systems have been designed for the local communities within the national context of management
• These management systems existed for centuries, designed by governmental authorities for local communities, including the formalised agreements
• The management agreements should highlight the importance of the cultivated areas along the road traced by the local communities
• Several local communities promoted the tourism activities idea. At present, there are only insufficient interpretation and presentation facilities on Qhapaq Ñan
• There exist seismically active areas along with the Inca Road system, while the other regions with architectural wonders are prone to natural calamities like earthquakes. They have designed adequate risk protection schemes for the people who will be in danger during such natural disasters.

Conclusion

With the Management Strategy document undersigned on 29 November 2012, Qhapaq Ñan created an overall policy framework by the six States Parties at a high level. The management agreement plans for the individual division of the road network are developed in each regional group.

To develop guardianship and ownership of the Qhapaq Ñan, the critical management aspects are to be implemented. They are still developing a conservation plan for the management of the components. While under natural calamities, adequate risk preparedness must be integrated into disaster management. Various visitor management strategies are also of crucial importance. All of the architectural beauty along the Inca Road system with preserved ancient traditions makes it a beautiful travel destination.