#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using vec = vector<ll>;
using vect = vector<double>;
using Graph = vector<vector<ll>>;
#define loop(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define Loop(i, m, n) for (ll i = m; i < n; i++)
#define pool(i, n) for (ll i = n; i >= 0; i--)
#define Pool(i, m, n) for (ll i = n; i >= m; i--)
#define mod 1000000007ll
//#define mod 998244353ll
#define flagcount(bit) __builtin_popcount(bit)
#define flag(x) (1ll << x)
#define flagadd(bit, x) bit |= flag(x)
#define flagpop(bit, x) bit &= ~flag(x)
#define flagon(bit, i) bit &flag(i)
#define flagoff(bit, i) !(bit & (1ll << i))
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define low2way(v, x) lower_bound(all(v), x)
#define high2way(v, x) upper_bound(all(v), x)
#define idx_lower(v, x) (distance(v.begin(), low2way(v, x)))  //配列vでx未満の要素数を返す
#define idx_upper(v, x) (distance(v.begin(), high2way(v, x))) //配列vでx以下の要素数を返す
#define idx_lower2(v, x) (v.size() - idx_lower(v, x))         //配列vでx以上の要素数を返す
#define idx_upper2(v, x) (v.size() - idx_upper(v, x))         //配列vでxより大きい要素の数を返す
#define putout(a) cout << a << endl
#define Sum(v) accumulate(all(v), 0ll)
ll ctoi(char c)
{
    if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
    {
        return c - '0';
    }
    return -1;
}
template <typename T>
string make_string(T N)
{
    string ret;
    T now = N;
    while (now > 0)
    {
        T x = now % 10;
        ret += (char)('0' + x);
        now /= 10;
    }
    reverse(all(ret));
    return ret;
}
template <typename T>
T gcd(T a, T b)
{
    if (a % b == 0)
    {
        return (b);
    }
    else
    {
        return (gcd(b, a % b));
    }
}
template <typename T>
T lcm(T x, T y)
{
    T z = gcd(x, y);
    return x * y / z;
}
template <typename T>
bool primejudge(T n)
{
    if (n < 2)
        return false;
    else if (n == 2)
        return true;
    else if (n % 2 == 0)
        return false;
    double sqrtn = sqrt(n);
    for (T i = 3; i < sqrtn + 1; i++)
    {
        if (n % i == 0)
        {
            return false;
        }
        i++;
    }
    return true;
}
template <typename T>
bool chmax(T &a, const T &b)
{
    if (a < b)
    {
        a = b; // aをbで更新
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
template <typename T>
bool chmin(T &a, const T &b)
{
    if (a > b)
    {
        a = b; // aをbで更新
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
//場合によって使い分ける
//const ll dx[4]={1,0,-1,0};
//const ll dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};
const ll dx[8] = {1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1};
const ll dy[8] = {0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1};
//2次元配列の宣言
//vector<vector<ll>> field(h, vector<ll>(w));
void dfs(vector<vector<ll>> &G, vector<ll> &dp, ll v, ll p)
{
    ll deg = G[v].size();
    if (v != 0 && deg == 0)
    {
        dp[v] = 0;
        return;
    }
    for (auto nv : G[v])
    {
        if (nv == p)
            continue;
        dfs(G, dp, nv, v);
    }
    ll nowans = 0;
    vector<ll> box;
    for (auto nv : G[v])
    {
        if (nv == p)
            continue;
        box.push_back(dp[nv]);
    }
    sort(all(box));
    reverse(all(box));
    loop(i, box.size())
    {
        nowans = max(nowans, i + 1 + box[i]);
    }
    dp[v] = nowans;
    return;
}
int main()
{
    cout << fixed << setprecision(30);
    ll N;
    cin >> N;
    vector<ll> A(N);
    vector<vector<ll>> G(N);
    loop(i, N - 1)
    {
        cin >> A[i + 1];
        A[i + 1]--;
        G[A[i + 1]].push_back(i + 1);
    }
    vector<ll> dp(N);
    dfs(G, dp, 0, -1);
    putout(dp[0]);
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 19564