page_title: Surguja State
section_title: Rulers
hierarchical_section_title: Surguja State / History / Rulers
caption_attribution_description: Detail of a silver elephant throne, approx. 1870-1920, from perhaps Ambikapur, Madhya Pradesh state, India. On display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California. 2001.12
context_page_description: Surguja State, was one of the main princely states of Central India during the period of the British Raj, even though it was not entitled to any gun salute. Formerly it was placed under the Central India Agency, but in 1905 it was transferred to the Eastern States Agency.
  The state spread over a vast mountainous area inhabited by many different people groups such as the Gond, Bhumij, Oraon, Panika, Korwa, Bhuiya, Kharwar, Munda, Chero, Rajwar, Nagesia and Santal. Its former territory lies in the present-day state of Chhattisgarh and its capital was the town of Ambikapur, now the capital of Surguja district.
context_section_description: The rulers of Surguja State bore the title of 'Maharaja', although a few had the title of 'Maharaja Bahadoor', including the last head of the state.
caption: Detail of the throne of the Maharaja of Surguja.
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