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{{Short description|Filipino Artifact}}
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[[File:Mactan_Hindu_Ganesha_Statue.jpg|thumb|right|A black and white photograph of the discovered statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha (left) and a clay medallion of a Buddhist Bodhisattva (right), before the icons were destroyed in World War 2, show that Hinduism and Buddhism became the respective religions in [[Rajahnate of Cebu|Cebu]] and [[Palawan]] during the era of Precolonial Philippines.]]
A crude Buddhist medallion and a copper statue of a Hindu Deity, [[Ganesha]], was found by American anthropologist [[Henry Otley Beyer]] in 1921 in an ancient site in Puerto Princesa, Palawan and in Mactan, Cebu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-15-1977/francisco-indian-prespanish-philippines.pdf|title=INDIAN PENETRATION OF PRE·SPANISH PHILIPPINES : A NEW LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE|author=Malcolm H. Churchill|website=Asj.upd.edu.ph|accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref> The crudeness of the artifacts indicates they are of local reproduction. Unfortunately, these icons were destroyed during [[World War II]]. However, black and white photographs of these icons still survive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231910961|title=Barang king banga: A Visayan language reading of the Calatagan pot inscription (CPI)|website=ResearchGate.net|accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref>
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