#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define rep(i, a, b) for(int i = a; i < (b); ++i)
#define trav(a, x) for (auto& a : (x))
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end() // sort(all(x))
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()
#define mp(x, y) make_pair((x), (y))

typedef long long ll;

typedef double T;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef tuple<int, int, int> tiii;

typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vl> vvl;
typedef vector<T> vt;
typedef vector<vt> vvt;
typedef vector<pii> vpi;
typedef vector<pii> vpl;
typedef vector<vpi> graph;
typedef complex<T> Pt;
typedef pair<Pt, Pt> Line;

const ll MOD = 1000; // 998244353;
const T EPS = 1e-10;
const int INF = 1e9 + 1;

/* Mod Library */

struct Mod {
    ll x;
    Mod (ll x = 0) : x(x) {}
    Mod operator+(Mod b) { return Mod((x + b.x)%MOD); }
    Mod operator-(Mod b) { return Mod((x - b.x + MOD)%MOD); }
    Mod operator*(Mod b) { return Mod((x * b.x)%MOD); }
    Mod operator/(Mod b) { return *this * inverse(b); }
    Mod operator%(Mod b) { return Mod(x % b.x); }

    ll euclid(ll a, ll b, ll &x, ll &y) {
        if (b) {
            ll d = euclid(b, a%b, y, x);
            y -= a/b*x;
            return d;
        }
        x = 1; 
        y = 0;
        return a;
    }
    
    Mod inverse(Mod a) {
        ll x, y, g = euclid(a.x, MOD, x, y);
        assert(g == 1);
        return Mod((x + MOD)%MOD);
    }

    Mod operator^(ll e) {
        if (!e) return Mod(1);
        Mod r = *this^(e/2);
        r = r*r;
        return e&1 ? *this*r : r;
    }
};

/* Input Library */
template <typename A, typename B>
istream& operator>>(istream &in, pair<A, B> &p) {
    in >> p.first >> p.second;
    return in;
}

template <typename A, typename B>
ostream& operator<<(ostream &out, pair<A, B> &p) {
    out << p.first << " " << p.second;
    return out;
}

template <typename I>
istream& operator>>(istream &in, vector<I> &a) {
    trav(i, a) in >> i;
    return in;
}

template <typename I>
ostream& operator<<(ostream &out, vector<I> &a) {
    rep(i, 0, sz(a)) {
        if (i) out << " ";
        out << a[i];
    }
    return out;
}

void fast_io() {
    cin.sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);
    //cout.tie(0);
    cin.exceptions(cin.failbit);
}

/* Solution */

int enc(int a, int b, int n) {
    assert(a != b);
    if (a > b) swap(a, b);
    return a*n + b;
}

void solve_test() {
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    vvi a(n, vi(n-1));
    cin >> a;
    
    int g = n*n;
    vvi adj(g);
    vi deg(g, 0);
    vi valid(g, 0);
    rep(i, 0, n) {
        rep(j, 0, n-1) {
            int opp = a[i][j] - 1;
            int game = enc(i, opp, n);
            valid[game] = 1;
            if (j > 0) {
                int p_opp = a[i][j-1] - 1;
                int p_game = enc(i, p_opp, n);
                valid[p_game] = 1;
                adj[p_game].push_back(game);
                deg[game]++;
            }
        }
    }

    queue<int> q;
    vi vis(g);
    rep(i, 0, g) {
        if (valid[i] && deg[i] == 0) {
            q.push(i);
            vis[i] = 1;
        }
    }
    int left = n*(n-1)/2;
    while (!q.empty()) {
        --left;
        int cur = q.front();
        q.pop();

        trav(i, adj[cur]) {
            if (--deg[i] == 0) {
                vis[i] = vis[cur] + 1;
                q.push(i);
            }
        }
    }
    if (left) {
        cout << "-1" << endl;
    } else {
        int mx = 0;
        trav(i, vis) mx = max(i, mx);
        cout << mx << endl;

    }
}

void setup() {

}

int main() {
    setup();
    srand(time(0));
    fast_io();
    int t = 1;
    // cin >> t;
    while (t--) {
        solve_test();
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 55040