India and the Philippines have historic ties going back over 3000 years and there are over 150,000 people of Indian origin in Philippines.
[3] 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.
[5] The Indian-Filipinos are Philippine citizens of Indian descent.
The NRI are Indian citizens living in Philippines.
Filipino sports influenced by the Indian martial arts