Explanation

Portuguese horse trader and chronicler Fernao Nuniz, who visited the Vijayanagara Empire during the reign of King Achyuta Deva Raya (1530s), documented vivid sociological details of courtly life:

– Nuniz recorded that women occupied multifaceted roles within the royal palace and administration beyond domestic service.
– He specifically observed that the monarch employed women who wrestled in public arenas, women who were well-versed in astrology and soothsaying (prophecy), and women entrusted with writing and maintaining administrative expenditure accounts of all goods entering and leaving palace gates.
– Additionally, women served as palace bodyguards, musicians, judges, and sentries on night watch.

Consequently, women were skilled across all four mentioned areas — Option D.