Inscriptions indicate the presence of a region by this name in the Chalukya empire (present day Maharashtra and Goa).
[1] In the Junagarh inscriptions of Skandagupta and Chalukyan records, Gopa rasthra is mentioned as the colony inhabited by the Abhir people.
[2][3] Kautilya states that the region was tribal corporation following the profession of agriculture and arms both.
[5] The name of Gopa rashtra forms part among the various kingdoms of Ancient India as narrated in the epic Mahabharata.
[7] Inscriptions of Chalukya age mention about grant of Balegrama village in the Goparashtra to worship Kapaleshvara.