import java.io._
import java.util.StringTokenizer

import scala.collection.mutable
import scala.util.Sorting
import math.{abs, max, min}
import scala.collection.mutable.{ArrayBuffer, ListBuffer}
import scala.reflect.ClassTag

object Main {
  val MOD = 1000000007
  val out = new PrintWriter(System.out)

  def solve(): Unit = {
    val sc = new InputReader(System.in)
    val N = sc.nextInt()
    val P = Array.ofDim[Int](N)
    P(0) = -1
    rep(N - 1, 1) { i =>
      P(i) = sc.nextInt() - 1
    }
    val t = Array.fill[ArrayBuffer[Int]](N)(ArrayBuffer())
    rep(N - 1, 1) { i =>
      t(P(i)) += i
    }

    def makeBfs = {
      var last = 0
      val bfs = Array.ofDim[Int](N)
      val q = mutable.Queue[Int]()
      q.enqueue(0)

      while(q.nonEmpty) {
        val i = q.dequeue()
        bfs(last) = i
        last += 1
        t(i) foreach (q.enqueue(_))
      }
      bfs
    }

    val bfs = makeBfs
    val dp = Array.ofDim[Int](N)
    rep_r(N) { j =>
      val i = bfs(j)
      dp(i) = depth(i)
    }

    def depth(i: Int): Int = {
      def step(d1: Int, d2: Int): Int = {
        max(d1, d2) + 1
      }

      val d = t(i).toArray
      rep(d.length) { j =>
        d(j) = dp(d(j))
      }
      Sorting.quickSort(d)
      var acc = 0
      rep(d.length) { j =>
        acc = step(d(j), acc)
      }
      acc
    }

    out.println(dp(0))
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    solve()
    out.flush()
  }


  class InputReader(val stream: InputStream) {
    private val reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768)
    private var tokenizer: StringTokenizer = _

    def next(): String = {
      while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens)
        tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine)
      tokenizer.nextToken
    }

    def nextInt(): Int = next().toInt
    def nextLong(): Long = next().toLong
    def nextChar(): Char = next().charAt(0)
  }
  def rep(n: Int, offset: Int = 0)(f: Int => Unit): Unit = {
    var i = offset
    val N = n + offset
    while(i < N) { f(i); i += 1 }
  }
  def rep_r(n: Int, offset: Int = 0)(f: Int => Unit): Unit = {
    var i = n - 1 + offset
    while(i >= offset) { f(i); i -= 1 }
  }

  def map[@specialized A: ClassTag](n: Int)(f: Int => A): Array[A] = {
    val res = Array.ofDim[A](n)
    rep(n)(i => res(i) = f(i))
    res
  }

  implicit class ArrayOpts[A](val as: Array[A]) extends AnyVal {
    // todo Orderingだとboxing発生するので自作Orderを用意したい
    def maxByOpt[B: Ordering](f: A => B): Option[A] = {
      if (as.nonEmpty) Some(as.maxBy(f)) else None
    }

    def grpBy[K](f: A => K): mutable.Map[K, ArrayBuffer[A]] = {
      val map = mutable.Map.empty[K, ArrayBuffer[A]]
      rep(as.length)(i => map.getOrElseUpdate(f(as(i)), ArrayBuffer()) += as(i))
      map
    }

    def sumBy[B](f: A => B)(implicit num: Numeric[B]): B = {
      var sum = num.zero
      rep(as.length)(i => sum = num.plus(sum, f(as(i))))
      sum
    }

    def minByEx[B](f: A => B, ixRange: Range = as.indices)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): (A, B) = {
      limit(f, ixRange)(cmp.lt)
    }

    def maxByEx[B](f: A => B, ixRange: Range = as.indices)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): (A, B) = {
      limit(f, ixRange)(cmp.gt)
    }

    private def limit[B](f: A => B, ixRange: Range)(cmp: (B, B) => Boolean): (A, B) = {
      var limA = as(ixRange.head)
      var limB = f(limA)

      for (i <- ixRange.tail) {
        val a = as(i)
        val b = f(a)
        if (cmp(b, limB)) {
          limA = a
          limB = b
        }
      }
      (limA, limB)
    }
  }

  implicit class IterableOpts[A](val as: Iterable[A]) extends AnyVal {
    def sumBy[B](f: A => B)(implicit num: Numeric[B]): B = {
      as.foldLeft(num.zero)((acc, a) => num.plus(acc, f(a)))
    }
  }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 72048