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Fix 656 lazy temporal answers: replace 'static historical fact' with source-attributed answers

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- Updated perspective.md: require source citations in temporal answers
- Filed feature request #75 for BCE temporal tag support (tested 7 formats, all rejected)
- Built batch script to replace all 'Static historical fact' answers with proper
  source attribution (ancient text date + modern publication year)
- Fixed source date detection bug (modern books about ancient figures)
- Answers now cite attesting source and its date per document footnotes
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@@ -36,29 +36,29 @@ Declined after Ashoka's death due to weak successors and regional fragmentation.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Region: Indian subcontinent, from Afghanistan to Bengal" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Period: ~322–185 BCE" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 185 BCE event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Capital: Pataliputra (modern Patna)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Language: Prakrit, Sanskrit" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 14: "Religion: Initially Vedic/Hindu, Buddhism promoted under Ashoka" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Chandragupta Maurya (~322–298 BCE): Founded the empire, defeated Seleucid f..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 298 BCE event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Bindusara (~298–272 BCE): Expanded southward" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 272 BCE event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Ashoka (~268–232 BCE): Converted to Buddhism after the Kalinga War, erected..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 232 BCE event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Unified most of the Indian subcontinent for the first time" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Ashoka's edicts: Earliest deciphered Indian inscriptions, promoting non-viole..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "*Arthashastra* attributed to Chanakya: Treatise on statecraft and economics" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Extensive road network and trade connections" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Thapar (1961) [^1]; Olivelle (2023) [^2].
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Region: Indian subcontinent, from Afghanistan to Bengal" - what is the source?
> Thapar (1961) [^1], Olivelle (2023) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Period: ~322–185 BCE" - what is the source?