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

template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p);

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p);

template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p);

string to_string(const string& s) {
    return '"' + s + '"';
}

string to_string(const char* s) {
    return to_string((string) s);
}

string to_string(bool b) {
     return (b ? "true" : "false");
}

string to_string(vector<bool> v) {
    bool first = true;
    string res = "{";
    for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(v.size()); i++) {
        if (!first) {
            res += ", ";
        }
        first = false;
        res += to_string(v[i]);
    }
    res += "}";
    return res;
}

template <size_t N>
string to_string(bitset<N> v) {
    string res = "";
    for (size_t i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        res += static_cast<char>('0' + v[i]);
    }
    return res;
}

template <typename A>
string to_string(A v) {
    bool first = true;
    string res = "{";
    for (const auto &x : v) {
        if (!first) {
            res += ", ";
        }
            first = false;
            res += to_string(x);
    }
    res += "}";
    return res;
}

template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p) {
    return "(" + to_string(p.first) + ", " + to_string(p.second) + ")";
}

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p) {
    return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ")";
}

template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p) {
    return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<3>(p)) + ")";
}

void debug_out() { cerr << endl; }

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T) {
    cerr << " " << to_string(H);
    debug_out(T...);
}
#define debug(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]:", debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)

#define rep(i,n) for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
#define reps(i,s,n) for (int i = s; i < n; ++i)
#define rep1(i,n) for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
#define per(i,n) for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define per1(i,n) for (int i = n; i >= 1; --i)
#define all(c) begin(c),end(c)
template<typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
void chmax(string &a, string b) {
    if (a == "-") a = b;
    else if (a.size() < b.size()) a = b;
    else if (a.size() == b.size()) {
        if (a < b) a = b;
    }
}
template<typename T> inline T intceil(T a, T b) { return (a + (b - 1)) / b; }
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int,int> PINT;
typedef pair<ll,ll> PLL;
const long long MOD = 1e9+7;
#define precout() cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(20);
#define print(a) cout << a << endl;
const long long INFLL = (1LL << 62) - 1;
const int INFI = (1 << 30) - 1;
template<typename T> void printv(vector<T>&v) {
    int n = v.size() - 1;
    rep(i, n) cout << v[i] << " ";
    cout << v.back() << endl;
}
typedef complex<ld> cd;
static const long double pi = acos(-1.0);
const string alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
const int dy[4] = { 0, 1, 0, -1 };
const int dx[4] = { 1, 0, -1, 0 };
// if(nextH >= 0 && nextH < H && nextW >= 0 && nextW < W)

int N;
vector<vector<int>> E;
int need[100000 + 10];

int getneed(int pos) {
	if (need[pos] != 0)return need[pos];
	vector<int> slist;
	for (int i = 0; i < E[pos].size(); i++) {
		int nxt = E[pos][i];
		slist.push_back(getneed(nxt));
	}
	sort(slist.begin(), slist.end());
	int cnt = 0;
	for (int i = 0; i < slist.size(); i++) {
		if (cnt < slist[i])cnt = slist[i];
		cnt++;
	}
	need[pos] = cnt;
	return need[pos];
}

int main() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin >> N;
	E.resize(N);

	for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
		int a;
		cin >> a;
		a--;
		E[a].push_back(i);
	}

	getneed(0);

	cout << need[0] << endl;

	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 19880