The Anglo-Burmese Wars were an armed conflict between two expanding empires, the British Empire and the Konbaung Dynasty, that became British India‘s most expensive and longest war, costing 5–13 million pounds sterling and spanning over 60 years. There were three Burmese Wars or Anglo-Burmese Wars:First Anglo-Burmese War Second Anglo-Burmese War Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)

The Konbaung dynasty, also known as the Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်), was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885. It created the second-largest empire in Burmese history and continued the administrative reforms begun by the Toungoo dynasty, laying the foundations of the modern state of Burma. The reforms, however, proved insufficient to stem the advance of the British, who defeated the Burmese in all three Anglo-Burmese Wars over a six-decade span (1824–1885) and ended the millennium-old Burmese monarchy in 1885. Pretenders to the dynasty claim descent from Myat Phaya Lat, one of Thibaw's daughters.