We have to ask ourselves, Did Aurengzeb killed all Sikh priests or most of them with all power and dominance he has on this land? Why did not Aurengzeb banned spread of Sikhism in his rein?
Guru Nanak started preaching his religion to Hindus during Muslim rule in India. The preaching of Nanak was same as that of Islam, forbade idol worship. Buddha started preaching his faith during Hindu rule and Guru Nanak and other Guru's during Muslim rule. This is the reason you will see more Sikhism in India then Buddhists. Muslim rulers did not stop Guru's to preach what they wanted as Hindu rulers did to followers of Buddha.
It was during Muslim rule when Guru Nanak was born (1469-1539). Guru Nanak started preaching his religion under Muslim rule and there is no authentic source which says that there was any official order from King to stop him from preaching. There is no record of atrocities on them and Guru was always accompanied with Muslims and Muslim saints like Kabir etc. He travelled to Arab Muslim lands as well and reuturned without any harm. They kept on preaching and religion was flourished. The ninth guru, Tegh Bahadur who came to the gaddi in 1664 C.E., served in the Mughal army on the Assam front. Later he settled down at Anandpur in East Punjab, called himself "Sachcha Badshah", and began to extract taxes from the people. He created a law and order situation. He was taken captive, tried as a rebel, and executed in 1675 C.E. Guru Tegh Bahadur was succeeded by Guru Gobind singh. He set up strong holds in the hills of East Punjab. He trains his followers in the use of arms and exhorted them to wage a war against the Mughals. Augangzeb asked the Faujdar of Sirhind to take action against Guru Gobind singh. The Mughal forces besieged Anandpur. Guru Gobind managed to escape to the hills, but his two sons were taken captive who were part of his conspiracy of being rebels. The were executed by Wazir Khan, the Faujdar of Sirhind. Guru Gobind singh was pursued by mughal forces, and he fled from place to place. It was during this time Guru Gobind singh addressed n epistle in Persian poetry to Aurangzeb called as ''Zafar nama'' in which he appealed to the Emperor in the name of Islam and humanity. On receiving the epistle, Aurangzeb issues orders that the Guru should not be pursued further. When Aurangzeb undertook campaigns in the Deccan, Guru Gobind singh fought on the side of Mughals as a loyal soldier.
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