During the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th, the Burmese had engaged in an expansionist policy toward their neighbours that finally set them in, which brought the borders of Burma right up to the edge of British India.
During the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th, the Burmese had engaged in an expansionist policy toward their neighbours that finally set them in conflict with the British in India. The Kingdom of Burma had invaded and conquered the kingdom of Arakan in 1784, which brought the borders of Burma right up to the edge of British India.