use std::io::{stdin, Read, StdinLock};
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::iter::FromIterator;
use std::cmp::max;

fn main() {
    let cin = stdin();
    let mut scan = Scanner::new(cin.lock());
    let n = scan.read::<usize>();
    let mut rg = vec![vec![];n];
    for i in 0..n - 1 {
        let p = scan.read::<usize>()-1;
        rg[p].push(i+1);
    }
    let env = Env {g: rg};
    println!("{}", env.rec(0));
}

struct Env {
    g: Vec<Vec<usize>>
}

impl Env {
    fn rec(&self, cur: usize) -> usize {
        let mut ret = 0;
        let mut cnt = Counter::new();
        for &v in &self.g[cur] {
            let k = self.rec(v) + 1;
            cnt[k] += 1;
            ret = max(ret, k);
        }
        while let Some((&i, &c)) = cnt.iter().next() {
            if c >= 1 {
                ret = max(ret, i);
            }
            if c >= 2 {
                cnt[i+1] += c - 1;
            }
            cnt.cnt.remove(&i);
        }
        ret
    }
}

// region counter

use std::collections::BTreeMap;
use std::hash::Hash;
use std::ops::*;

#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
struct Counter<K: Eq + Hash + Ord> {
    cnt: BTreeMap<K, i64>,
    d: i64,
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl <K: Eq + Hash + Ord> Counter<K> {
    fn new() -> Counter<K> {
        Counter {cnt: BTreeMap::new(), d: 0}
    }
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl <K: Eq + Hash + Ord> Deref for Counter<K> {
    type Target = BTreeMap<K, i64>;
    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        &self.cnt
    }
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl<K: Eq + Hash + Ord> Index<K> for Counter<K> {
    type Output = i64;

    fn index(&self, index: K) -> &Self::Output {
        self.cnt.get(&index).unwrap_or(&self.d)
    }
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl<K: Eq + Hash + Ord + Clone> IndexMut<K> for Counter<K> {
    fn index_mut(&mut self, index: K) -> &mut i64 {
        if !self.cnt.contains_key(&index) {
            self.cnt.insert(index.clone(), self.d);
        }
        self.cnt.get_mut(&index).unwrap()
    }
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl<K: Eq + Hash + Ord> std::iter::FromIterator<K> for Counter<K> {
    fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item=K>>(iter: T) -> Self {
        let mut cnt = BTreeMap::new();
        for i in iter {
            *cnt.entry(i).or_insert(0) += 1;
        }
        Counter {cnt: cnt, d: 0}
    }
}
// endregion

#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct Rev<T>(pub T);

impl<T: PartialOrd> PartialOrd for Rev<T> {
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Rev<T>) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
        other.0.partial_cmp(&self.0)
    }
}

impl<T: Ord> Ord for Rev<T> {
    fn cmp(&self, other: &Rev<T>) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
        other.0.cmp(&self.0)
    }
}

// region template
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn iu(i: i64) -> usize { i as usize }

#[allow(dead_code)]
fn ui(i: usize) -> i64 { i as i64 }

#[allow(dead_code, deprecated)]
fn join<T: std::fmt::Display>(slice: &[T], sep: &str) -> String {
    let strings = slice.iter().map(|t| format!("{}", t)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
    strings.connect(sep)
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
fn arr<'a, S, T>(n: usize, mut f: S) -> Vec<T> where S: FnMut(usize) -> T + 'a {
    (0..n).map(|i| f(i)).collect::<Vec<T>>()
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
fn alt<S, T>(v: Vec<S>) -> T where T: FromIterator<S> {
    v.into_iter().collect::<T>()
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
fn dup<S, T>(v: &[S]) -> T where T: FromIterator<S>, S: Clone {
    v.iter().cloned().collect::<T>()
}

struct Scanner<'a> {
    cin: StdinLock<'a>,
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl<'a> Scanner<'a> {
    fn new(cin: StdinLock<'a>) -> Scanner<'a> {
        Scanner { cin: cin }
    }

    fn read1<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
        let token = self.cin.by_ref().bytes().map(|c| c.unwrap() as char)
            .skip_while(|c| c.is_whitespace())
            .take_while(|c| !c.is_whitespace())
            .collect::<String>();
        token.parse::<T>().ok()
    }

    fn read<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        self.read1().unwrap()
    }

    fn readn<T: FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<T> {
        (0..n).map(|_| self.read::<T>()).collect()
    }

    fn chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
        self.read::<String>().chars().collect()
    }
}
// endregion

Measured memory_bytes: 62204