{"id":2555,"date":"2025-05-03T22:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2025-05-03T22:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:38:20","slug":"q-according-to-the-portuguese-writer-nuniz-the-women-in-vijayanagara-empire-were-expert-in-which-of-the-following-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-according-to-the-portuguese-writer-nuniz-the-women-in-vijayanagara-empire-were-expert-in-which-of-the-following-areas","title":{"rendered":"Q. According to the Portuguese writer Nuniz, the women in Vijayanagara Empire were expert in which of the following areas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wrestling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Astrology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accounting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soothsaying<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1, 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 3 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2, 3 and 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6815c100392a7\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women in general occupied a high position in\u00a0<strong>Vijayanagara\u00a0society and instances of the active part they took in the political, social and literary life<\/strong>\u00a0of the country are not rare, besides being trained in\u00a0<strong>wrestling,<\/strong>\u00a0handling swords and shields, music and other fine arts, some of them at any rate received a fair amount of literary education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fernao Nuniz visited Vijayanagara Empire in the time period of 1535-1537 AD<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nuniz\u00a0wrties:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201che\u00a0(the\u00a0king of\u00a0Vijaynagar) has also women who<strong>\u00a0wrestle,\u00a0<\/strong>and others who are\u00a0<strong>astrologers and soothsayers<\/strong>; and he has woman who write all the<strong>\u00a0accounts of expenses<\/strong>\u00a0that are incurred inside the gates and others whose duty it is to write all the affairs of the kingdom and compare their books with those of the writers outside; he has women also fo<strong>r music,<\/strong>\u00a0who play instruments and sing. Even the wives of the king are well versed in music\u2026it is said that he has<strong>\u00a0judges<\/strong>, as well as bailiffs and watchmen who every night guard the palace, and these are women.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below. 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