Actually, Karate-do (the full proper term) is the "way of the open [or empty] hand" in the Japanese language and is Japanese in origin. The island of Okinawa took from China (not india) the very basic concepts of martial arts and developed them into Karate-do in 3 or 4 formats which was then brought to the main island of Japan, where it further developed into the traditions of Karate and Judo and a few other martial arts of today.