Context: During the feudal and colonial times in British India, hunting was regarded as a regal sport in the numerous princely states, as many maharajas and nawabs, as well as British officers, maintained a whole corps of shikaris (big-game hunters), who were native professional hunters. They would be headed by a master of the hunt, who might be styled mir-shikar. Often, they recruited the normally low-ranking local tribes because of their traditional knowledge of the environment and hunting techniques. Big game, such as Bengal tigers, might be hunted from the back of an elephant.

Question: What was hunting regarded as in British India?
Answer: regal sport

Question: What does the Indian word "shikaris" mean in English?
Answer: big-game hunters

Question: What did British officers maintain whole corps of?
Answer: shikaris

Question: Why did the regals recruit low-ranking local tribes when hunting?
Answer: because of their traditional knowledge of the environment and hunting techniques

Question: What could a Bengal tiger be hunted from the back of?
Answer: an elephant

Question: Where was hunting reguarded as a regal sport?
Answer: British India

Question: What is hunted from the back of an elephant?
Answer: Bengal tigers

Question: Who did British officers maintain?
Answer: shikaris

Question: Who were the shikaris headed by?
Answer: master of the hunt

Question: Why were low-ranking local tribes recruited?
Answer: because of their traditional knowledge of the environment and hunting techniques

Question: What was shikari regarded as in British India?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is the definition of maharaja?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What two things were needed to successfully hunt an elephant?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What country had the largest population of elephants in the world?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who did local tribes work with when taking down a Bengal tiger?
Answer: Unanswerable