### BUGGY CODE ###

from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 5 + 10)
input = sys.stdin.readline
from math import factorial
import heapq, bisect
import math
import itertools


import queue




def main():
    num = int(input())
    data = [list(map(int, input().split())) for i in range(num)]

    graph_data = defaultdict(set)
    parent_node = defaultdict(int)
    length_data = defaultdict(int)

    for i in range(num):
        now_node = i + 1
        pre_tuple = (0, 0)
        for j in range(num - 1):
            next_node = data[i][j]
            now_tuple = (min(now_node, next_node), max(now_node, next_node))
            length_data[now_tuple] = 0
            if j == 0:
                parent_node[now_tuple] += 0
            else:
                graph_data[pre_tuple].add(now_tuple)
                parent_node[now_tuple] += 1
            pre_tuple = now_tuple


    q = queue.Queue()
    count_node, ans = 0, 0

    for node, count in parent_node.items():
        if count == 0:
            q.put((node, 1))
            count_node += 1

    while not q.empty():
        now_node, length = q.get()
        if length < length_data[now_node]:
            continue

        for next_node in graph_data[now_node]:
            parent_node[next_node] -= 1
            if parent_node[next_node] == 0:
                q.put((next_node, length + 1))
                count_node += 1
                length_data[next_node] = max(length + 1, length_data[next_node])

    if count_node < (num * (num - 1)) // 2:
        print(-1)
    else:
        print(length)







if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()



### FIXED CODE ###

from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 5 + 10)
input = sys.stdin.readline
from math import factorial
import heapq, bisect
import math
import itertools
from collections import deque

import queue

def get_ind(pre_tuple, num):
    a, b = pre_tuple
    ans = (a - 1) * num + b
    return ans



def main():
    num = int(input())
    data = [list(map(int, input().split())) for i in range(num)]

    graph_data = [set() for i in range(num * num)]
    parent_node = [0 for i in range(num * num)]

    for i in range(num):
        now_node = i + 1
        pre_tuple = (0, 0)
        for j in range(num - 1):
            next_node = data[i][j]
            now_tuple = (min(now_node, next_node), max(now_node, next_node))
            if j == 0:
                pass
                # parent_node[now_tuple] += 0
            else:
                index = get_ind(pre_tuple, num)
                # print(index, pre_tuple)
                graph_data[index].add(now_tuple)
                index2 = get_ind(now_tuple, num)
                parent_node[index2] += 1
            pre_tuple = now_tuple

    q = deque([])
    count_node, ans = 0, 0

    for i in range(1, num + 1):
        for j in range(i + 1, num + 1):
            node = (i, j)
            index = get_ind(node, num)
            if parent_node[index] == 0:
                q.append((node, 1))
                count_node += 1

    while len(q) > 0:
        now_node, length = q.popleft()
        index = get_ind(now_node, num)
        for next_node in graph_data[index]:
            index2 = get_ind(next_node, num)
            parent_node[index2] -= 1
            if parent_node[index2] == 0:
                q.append((next_node, length + 1))
                count_node += 1

    if count_node < (num * (num - 1)) // 2:
        print(-1)
    else:
        print(length)







if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()