import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.StringJoiner;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class Main {

    static int N;
    static int[] A;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner(System.in);
        N = sc.nextInt();
        A = sc.nextIntArray(N-1, -1);

        System.out.println(solve());
    }

    static int solve() {
        int[] U = new int[N-1];
        int[] V = new int[N-1];
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++) {
            // iがaに負けた
            U[i] = A[i];
            V[i] = i+1;
        }
        int[][] G = adjD(N, U, V);

        int[] dp = new int[N];
        for (Node node : orderFromLeaf(N, G, 0)) {
            if( G[node.a].length == 0 ) {
                dp[node.a] = 0;
            } else {
                int n = G[node.a].length;
                int[] w = new int[n];
                for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                    w[i] = dp[G[node.a][i]];
                }
                Arrays.sort(w);
                int max = 0;
                int ord = 1;
                for (int i = n-1; i >=0 ; i--) {
                    max = Math.max(w[i] + ord, max);
                    ord++;
                }
                dp[node.a] = max;
            }
        }
        return dp[0];
    }

    static class Node {
        int parent, a;

        public Node(int parent, int a) {
            this.parent = parent;
            this.a = a;
        }
    }

    static Node[] orderFromLeaf(int N, int[][] G, int root) {
        ArrayDeque<Node> q = new ArrayDeque<>();
        Node[] ret = new Node[N];
        int idx = N-1;
        q.add(new Node(-1, root));
        while(!q.isEmpty()) {
            Node n = q.poll();
            ret[idx--] = n;
            for (int next : G[n.a]) {
                if( next == n.parent ) continue;

                q.add(new Node(n.a, next));
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    static int[][] adjD(int n, int[] from, int[] to) {
        int[][] adj = new int[n][];
        int[] cnt = new int[n];
        for (int f : from) {
            cnt[f]++;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            adj[i] = new int[cnt[i]];
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < from.length; i++) {
            adj[from[i]][--cnt[from[i]]] = to[i];
        }
        return adj;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    static class FastScanner {
        private BufferedReader reader;
        private StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        FastScanner(InputStream in) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        String next() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        String nextLine() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    return reader.readLine();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken("\n");
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt();
            return a;
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int n, int delta) {
            int[] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt() + delta;
            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] a = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextLong();
            return a;
        }
    }

    static void writeLines(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeLines(long[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (long a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeSingleLine(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int i = 0; i < as.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) pw.print(" ");
            pw.print(as[i]);
        }
        pw.println();
        pw.flush();
    }

    static int max(int... as) {
        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) max = Math.max(a, max);
        return max;
    }

    static int min(int... as) {
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) min = Math.min(a, min);
        return min;
    }

    static void debug(Object... args) {
        StringJoiner j = new StringJoiner(" ");
        for (Object arg : args) {
            if (arg == null) j.add("null");
            else if (arg instanceof int[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((int[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof long[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((long[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof double[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((double[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof Object[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((Object[]) arg));
            else j.add(arg.toString());
        }
        System.err.println(j.toString());
    }

    static void printSingleLine(int[] array) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) pw.print(" ");
            pw.print(array[i]);
        }
        pw.println();
        pw.flush();
    }

    static int lowerBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int lo = 0, hi = array.length, mid;
        while (lo < hi) {
            mid = (hi + lo) / 2;
            if (array[mid] < value) lo = mid + 1;
            else hi = mid;
        }
        return lo;
    }

    static int upperBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int lo = 0, hi = array.length, mid;
        while (lo < hi) {
            mid = (hi + lo) / 2;
            if (array[mid] <= value) lo = mid + 1;
            else hi = mid;
        }
        return lo;
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 46884