Indigenous Aryans were inter-related, and the notion of biological race came to the forefront The "Aryan race," the presumed identity of Indo-European language speakers was prominent among such races, which was seen to be further subdivided into "European Aryans" and "Asian Aryans," each with their own homelands. Max Mueller, who translated the Rigveda during 1849–1874, postulated an original homeland for all Aryans in central Asia, from where a northern branch was believed to have migrated to Europe and a southern branch came to India and Iran. The Aryans were fair-complexioned Indo-European speakers who conquered the dark-skinned "dasas" of India. The upper castes,
Name of Romania prince Dimitrie Cantemir systematically used the name "Țara Românească" for designating all three Principalities inhabited by Romanians. Actually, as argued by Ioan-Aurel Pop, the name "Romania" isn't but a version of the name "Romanian Land", just as in England - Anglia, or Scotland - Scotia. The etymology of ""România"" didn't follow the Romanian pattern of word formation for country names, which usually adds the suffix "-ia" to the ethnonym by keeping its accent, like in ""grec" → "Grecia", "Bulgar" → "Bulgaria", "rus → "Rusia"", etc. Since it is a self-designation, the word ""România"" has an older history, coming from ""românie""