History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c48.s2.35

v3.c48.s2.35

Before the reign of Aurangzib the Sikhs were never persecuted on religious grounds, and their collision with the Mughal Government, which began in Jahangir's time, was due entirely to secular causes, and the change in the character of the gurus was solely responsible for it.*