#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define fi first
#define se second
#define rep(i,N) for(long long i = 0; i < (long long)(N); i++)
#define repr(i,N) for(long long i = (long long)(N) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define rep1(i,N) for(long long i = 1; i <= (long long)(N) ; i++)
#define repr1(i,N) for(long long i = (N) ; (long long)(i) > 0 ; i--)
#define each(x,v) for(auto& x : v)
#define all(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define sz(v) ((int)(v).size())
#define ini(...) int __VA_ARGS__; in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define inl(...) long long __VA_ARGS__; in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define ins(...) string __VA_ARGS__; in(__VA_ARGS__)
using namespace std; void solve();
using ll = long long; template<class T = ll> using V = vector<T>;
using vi = V<int>; using vl = V<>; using vvi = V< V<int> >;
constexpr int inf = 1001001001; constexpr ll infLL = (1LL << 61) - 1;
struct IoSetupNya {IoSetupNya() { cin.tie(nullptr); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cout << fixed << setprecision(15); cerr << fixed << setprecision(7);} } iosetupnya;
template<typename T, typename U> inline bool amin(T &x, U y) { return (y < x) ? (x = y, true) : false; }
template<typename T, typename U> inline bool amax(T &x, U y) { return (x < y) ? (x = y, true) : false; }
template<typename T, typename U> ostream& operator <<(ostream& os, const pair<T, U> &p) { os << p.first << " " << p.second; return os; }
template<typename T, typename U> istream& operator >>(istream& is, pair<T, U> &p) { is >> p.first >> p.second; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator <<(ostream& os, const vector<T> &v) { int s = (int)v.size(); rep(i,s) os << (i ? " " : "") << v[i]; return os; }
template<typename T> istream& operator >>(istream& is, vector<T> &v) { for(auto &x : v) is >> x; return is; }
void in(){} template <typename T,class... U> void in(T &t,U &...u){ cin >> t; in(u...);}
void out(){cout << "\n";} template <typename T,class... U> void out(const T &t,const U &...u){ cout << t; if(sizeof...(u)) cout << " "; out(u...);}
template<typename T>void die(T x){out(x); exit(0);}
#ifdef NyaanDebug
  #include "NyaanDebug.h"
  #define trc(...) do { cerr << #__VA_ARGS__ << " = "; dbg_out(__VA_ARGS__);} while(0)
  #define trca(v,N) do { cerr << #v << " = "; array_out(v , N);} while(0)
  #define trcc(v) do { cerr << "name : " << #v << "\n"; int cnt = 0; each(x , v){cerr << (cnt++) << " : "; trc(x); } } while(0)
#else
  #define trc(...)
  #define trca(...)
  #define trcc(...)
  int main(){solve();}
#endif

#define inc(...) char __VA_ARGS__; in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define in2(s,t)   rep(i,sz(s)){in(s[i] , t[i]);}
#define in3(s,t,u) rep(i,sz(s)){in(s[i] , t[i] , u[i]);}
using vd = V<double>; using vs = V<string>; using vvl = V< V<> >;
template<typename T,typename U>ll ceil(T a,U b){return (a + b - 1) / b;}

using P = pair<ll,ll>; using vp = V<P>;
constexpr int MOD = /**/ 1000000007; //*/ 998244353;
//////////////////

void solve(){
  ini(N);
  vvi g(N);
  rep1(i , N - 1){
    ini(j); j--;
    g[j].pb(i);
  }
  rep(i,N) trc(i,g[i]);

  auto dfs = [&](auto rec,int cur,int par = -1) -> int{
    vi chd;
    each(dst , g[cur]){
      if(dst == par) continue;
      chd.push_back(rec(rec , dst , cur));
    }
    if(chd.empty()) { trc(cur , 0); return 0;}
    sort(all(chd),greater<>());
    int ret = 0;
    rep(i,sz(chd)) amax(ret , chd[i] + i + 1);
    trc(cur,ret);
    return ret;
  };
  out(dfs(dfs , 0));
}

Measured memory_bytes: 12288