The Hittite-Luwian city-state and historical region of the same name in the south-west of the Armenian Highlands(near modern town of Elbistan, Ablasta in Armenian: ), which existed in the Bronze Age and was mentioned by king Mursili II in his annals, where he writes that when Suppiluliuma I was king of the Hittites, the Aravanians invaded the land of Kaskians near Sammahi.
