The Gopal Raj Vamshavali (IAST: Gopālarājavaṃśāvalī, Devanagari: गोपालराजवंशावली) is a 14th-century hand-written manuscript of Nepal which is primarily a genealogical record of Nepalese monarchs.
This was later, and popularly, called the Gopālarājavaṃśāvalī by scholars as Baburam Achayra and Yogi Naraharinath to name a few, as a hand-written catalog list of the library termed the manuscript Gopālavaṃśādi prācīna rājavaṃśāvalī[2] (गोपालवंशादि प्राचीन राजवंशावली), meaning ancient royal vamshavali starting with Gopala dynasty.
[3] The original copy of Gopal Raj Vamshavali is now stored at National Archives, Kathmandu in an "unsatisfactory"[4] state, in contrast to an "excellent"[1] condition, when Prof. Cecil Bendall found it at the turn of the 19th century.
Similarly, Śrī Bhāskaradeva observed penance at Paśupati, by merit of which he conquered Kāñcinagara Maṇḍala up to southern sea.
A great earthquake in NS 375 (1255 AD) brought a "lot of suffering" to propitiate which annual lakṣahoma and fortnightly pakṣaśrāddha were performed.
The Khaśas under Jayatāri (Jitārimalla) entered the valley for the first time from west in NS 408 (1288 AD) and were massacred in large number; next they set the villages on fire.
Sultān Shams Ud-dīn raided the kingdom and reduced the whole Nepal valley in ashes, including breaking of the Śrī Paśupatināṭh icon to three pieces.
With full details of astrological dates (pañcāṅgas), this part describes the stories of birth, deaths and marriages of different kings.
The Gopal Raj Vamshavali dates back to the 14th century during the time of King (Jaya-)Sthiti Malla (1382–1395).
Pant[3] argues that this chronicle could have been made as a personal diary for the language and verses in Sanskritlanguage is faulty, and that the King could have easily found any other pundits, much well-versed in Sanskrit, had he commissioned it himself.