Surpur Surpur riyasat | |
|---|---|
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Founded by | Raja suryapal raj gaud |
| Government | |
| • Type | monarchy |
| • Body | Gaud rajput dynasty (Surwar clan) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Surpur was a town or territory near Jaisalmer (presently some parts in pakistan ) founded by the Raja suryapal raj gaud (1220 AD) who was second son of the Raja bachhraj gaud of Sarwad riyasat, they ruled here, [1] [2] then marched from Sarwar and Surpur to Bihar to expand his kingdom and then ruled many parts of Bihar and established a Surwar Rajput clan (branch of Gaur dynasty) due to ruler Surpur and prince of Sarwar it was named as Surwar rajputs. Presently Sheopur baroda and Sarwar gaur dynasty families are belongs to same Raja bachhraj raj gaud descendancy.
Main kingdom of this family was Dhaudanr (near Sasaram Bihar), they were very prosperous and rich royal family in Bihar, but later lost Dhaudhanr due to war with Aurangzeb, then they moved to Namudag Raj (in erstwhile Palamu), [3] they defeated local chero kings and gradually they captured whole palamu(with 1102 villages ). Main head pure Surwar family lived in Namudag Raj fort and another junior family of surwars moved to Ranka and ruled the Ranka raj .