Indian honorifics also influenced the Filipino honorifics. Examples of these include Raja, Rani, Maharlika, Datu, etc which were transmitted from Indian culture to Philippines via Malays and Srivijaya empire.
Ancient polities in Philippines were highly influenced by the Hindu-Buddhist religions, language, culture, literature, and philosophy through much trade campaigns from India including the famous South-East Asia military campaign of Rajendra Chola.
