the archipelagos of southeast asia were under the influence of hindu odisha and indonesian traders through the ports of malay-indonesian islands. indian religions, possibly an amalgamated version of hindu-buddhist arrived in philippines archipelago in the 1st millennium, through the indonesian kingdom of srivijaya followed by majapahit. archeological evidence suggesting exchange of ancient spiritual ideas from india to the philippines includes the 1.79 kilogram, 21 carat gold hindu goddess agusan (sometimes referred to as golden tara), found in mindanao in 1917 after a storm and flood exposed its location. the statue now sits in the field museum of natural history in chicago, and is dated from the period 13th to early 14th centuries.