India and the Philippines have historic ties going back over 3000 years and there are over 150,000 people of Indian origin in Philippines.
Iron Age finds in the Philippines also point to the existence of trade between Tamil Nadu in South India and the Philippine islands during the ninth and tenth centuries B.C. The influence of the culture of India on the culture of the Philippines intensified from the 2nd through the late 14th centuries CE.
The Indian-Filipinos are Philippine citizens of Indian descent. The NRI are Indian citizens living in Philippines.
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History
Indianisation concepts
Indianisation
Greater India
Mandala (political model) Indosphere Sanskritisation One of the pre-Spanish pre-Catholic pre-colonial ancient native Names of the Philippines is Maharlika "freeman" from ancient Indian language Sanskrit. And they are proposals to rename the Philippines to this name to remove the colonialism.
Early industries in Philippines that were introduced from India include boatbuilding, metal works, weaving of cotton clothes and quicklime mining method.
Flowers and their Sanskrit names introduced to Philippines by the Indian traders during the ancient times include sampaguita the National flower of Philippines which is one of National symbols of the Philippines and champaka.
Fruits and their Sanskrit names introduced to Philippines by the Indian traders during the ancient times include mango, nangka (Jackfruit) and sirisa.
Vegetables and their Sanskrit names introduced to Philippines by the Indian traders during the ancient times include ampalaya, patola and malunggay