Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaBritain vakagadza nhare yavo paBencoolen muna 1685 uye muna 1714 vakavaka Fort Marlborough muguta. Vakagadzirawo nzvimbo yekutengesa muRiau, vamwe vari munharaunda iyi vari Strait Settlements muPenang neSingapore, nepo maDutch akarwira chiteshi cheMalacca kubva kuvaPutukezi muna 1641. Mukati meHondo dzaNapoleon muEurope, Umambo hweHolland nekoloni dzahwo muEast Indies dzakawira muFrench Republic. VaBritain vakatanga kurwisa
mukurwisana nechiDutch nechiFrench muJava uye kugadza utongi hweBritain muJava. Kubva muna 1811 kusvika muna 1815, Indonesia yaitongwa neBritain. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles akagadzwa saGavhuna Mukuru weJava muna 1811-1816. Aive munhu anofarira tsika dzechiJava uye nhoroondo yekuti panguva yekutonga kwake akatungamira nzendo dzakawana Borobudur, Trowulan nedzimwe nzvimbo dzekuchera matongo muJava, akazonyora "Nhoroondo yeJava" ndokuiburitsa muna 1817.