From an ancient Peruvian empire (5)

I believe the answer is:

incan

(Other definitions for incan that I've seen before include "Member of old Andean civilisation" , "Imperialist of the past" , "doing time?" , "Relating to South American civilisation" , "Pachacuti for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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