The year 2024 marked the establishment of Philippine-Indian diplomatic relations. This chapter is a celebration of the recorded historical ties between the two countries as far as ancient times, like the affinity of the Philippine ancient scripts, such as baybayin and kulitan, to Emperor Ashoka's Brahmic script, and the Indianized Laguna Copperplate Inscription of 900 CE, which serves as the country's oldest written historical document. This ties defied colonialism and transcended, even in the awakening of the Filipino nation, the first democracy and constitutional republic in Asia, with an Indian-blooded general from Batangas, Juan Cailles, among the Filipino freedom fighters.