import std.stdio, std.string, std.conv, std.range;
import std.algorithm, std.array, std.typecons, std.container;
import std.math, std.numeric, std.random, core.bitop;

enum inf = 1_001_001_001;
enum infl = 1_001_001_001_001_001_001L;

enum mod = 1_000_000_007L;

struct Mint {
    long x;

    this(long a) {
        x = a % mod;
        if (x < 0)
            x += mod;
    }

    this(Mint a) {
        x = a.x;
    }

    ref Mint opAssign(long a) {
        this = Mint(a);
        return this;
    }

    ref Mint opOpAssign(string op)(Mint rhs) {
        static if (op == "+") {
            x += rhs.x;
            if (x >= mod)
                x -= mod;
        }
        static if (op == "-") {
            x -= rhs.x;
            if (x < 0)
                x += mod;
        }
        static if (op == "*") {
            (x *= rhs.x) %= mod;
        }
        static if (op == "/") {
            this *= rhs.inv();
        }
        return this;
    }

    ref Mint opOpAssign(string op)(long rhs) {
        static if (op == "^^") {
            this = powmod(this, rhs);
            return this;
        }
        else {
            return mixin("this " ~ op ~ "= Mint(rhs)");
        }
    }

    const Mint powmod(Mint a, long b) {
        Mint res = 1, p = a;
        while (b > 0) {
            if (b & 1)
                res *= p;
            p *= p;
            b /= 2;
        }
        return res;
    }

    const Mint inv() {
        return powmod(this, mod - 2);
    }

    Mint opUnary(string op)() if (s == "-") {
        return Mint(-x);
    }

    Mint opBinary(string op, T)(const T rhs) {
        return mixin("Mint(this) " ~ op ~ "= rhs");
    }

    Mint opBinaryRight(string op)(const long rhs) {
        return mixin("Mint(rhs) " ~ op ~ "= this");
    }

    bool opEquals(Mint a, Mint b) {
        return a.x == b.x;
    }

    bool opEquals(long rhs) {
        long y = rhs % mod;
        if (y < 0)
            y += mod;
        return x == y;
    }

    string toString() {
        import std.conv : to;

        return x.to!string;
    }
}

unittest {
    long powmod(long a, long b) {
        return b > 0 ? powmod(a, b / 2) ^^ 2 % mod * a ^^ (b & 1) % mod : 1L;
    }

    auto a = Mint(2), b = Mint(3);
    assert(a + b == 5);
    assert(a + 5 == 7);
    assert(1 + b == 4);
    assert(a - b == mod - 1);
    assert(a * b == 6);
    assert(a / b == 2 * powmod(3, mod - 2));
    assert(a ^^ 10 == 1024);

    Mint z;
    assert(z == 0);

    (z += 2) *= 3;
    assert(z == 6);
}

int[] f(int x) {
    int[] res;
    for (int i = 2; i * i <= x; i++) {
        while (x % i == 0) {
            x /= i;
            res ~= i;
        }
    }
    if (x > 1) {
        res ~= x;
    }
    return res;
}

void main() {
    int N;
    scan(N);
    auto tr = new int[][](N, 0);
    foreach (i ; 1 .. N) {
        int pi;
        scan(pi);
        pi--;
        tr[pi] ~= i;
    }

    int dfs(int v) {
        int[] sub;
        foreach (u ; tr[v]) {
            sub ~= dfs(u);
        }
        auto ss = sub.sort!"a > b";
        int res;
        foreach (i ; 0 .. ss.length.to!int) {
            chmax(res, ss[i] + i + 1);
        }
        return res;
    }

    auto ans = dfs(0);
    writeln(ans);
}

void scan(T...)(ref T args) {
    auto line = readln.split; // @suppress(dscanner.suspicious.unmodified)
    foreach (ref arg; args) {
        arg = line.front.to!(typeof(arg));
        line.popFront;
    }
    assert(line.empty);
}

void fillAll(R, T)(ref R arr, T value) {
    static if (is(typeof(arr[] = value))) {
        arr[] = value;
    }
    else {
        foreach (ref e; arr) {
            fillAll(e, value);
        }
    }
}

bool chmin(T, U...)(ref T x, U args) {
    bool isChanged;
    foreach (arg; args)
        if (x > arg) {
            x = arg;
            isChanged = true;
        }
    return isChanged;
}

bool chmax(T, U...)(ref T x, U args) {
    bool isChanged;
    foreach (arg; args)
        if (x < arg) {
            x = arg;
            isChanged = true;
        }
    return isChanged;
}

void yes(bool ok, string y = "Yes", string n = "No") {
    return writeln(ok ? y : n);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 24060