#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::char::from_digit;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::fs::File;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::prelude::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufReader, BufWriter, Stdin, Stdout, Write};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::mem::swap;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::str::FromStr;

type BoxResult<T> = Result<T, Box<std::error::Error>>;


fn main() {
    let mut scanner = Scanner::new(stdin());
    let n = scanner.read::<usize>().unwrap();
    let mut matrix = vec![];
    for _ in 0..n {
        let line = scanner.read_vector::<usize>().unwrap().into_iter().map(|val| val - 1).collect::<Vec<_>>();
        matrix.push(line);
    }
    let mut ans = 0;
    let mut update_indices = vec![];
    let mut indices = vec![0; n];
    let mut end = 0;
    for i in 0..n {
        let opponent = matrix[i][0];
        if opponent < i {
            continue;
        }
        if matrix[opponent][0] == i {
            update_indices.push(i);
        }
    }
    while end < n {
        if update_indices.len() == 0 {
            println!("-1");
            return;
        }
        ans += 1;
        let mut new_update_indices = vec![];
        for &i in update_indices.iter() {
            let opponent = matrix[i][indices[i]];
            indices[i] += 1;
            indices[opponent] += 1;
            if indices[i] == n - 1 {
                end += 1;
            } else {
                let new_opponent = matrix[i][indices[i]];
                if matrix[new_opponent][indices[new_opponent]] == i {
                    new_update_indices.push(min(i, new_opponent));
                }
            }
            if indices[opponent] == n - 1 {
                end += 1;
            } else {
                let new_opponent = matrix[opponent][indices[opponent]];
                if matrix[new_opponent][indices[new_opponent]] == opponent {
                    new_update_indices.push(min(opponent, new_opponent));
                }
            }
        }
        update_indices = new_update_indices;
    }
    println!("{}", ans);
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
struct Scanner<R> {
    reader: BufReader<R>,
    buffer: String,
}
impl<R> Scanner<R>
where
    R: Read,
{
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn new(inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::new(inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::with_capacity(capacity, inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_line(&mut self) -> BoxResult<String> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let cloned = self.buffer.trim().to_string();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(cloned)
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<T>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed = self.buffer.trim().parse()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed)
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_vector<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<T>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed_vec = self
            .buffer
            .trim()
            .split_whitespace()
            .map(|s| s.parse())
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed_vec)
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_matrix<T>(&mut self, lines: usize) -> BoxResult<Vec<Vec<T>>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        let mut parsed_matrix = vec![];
        for _ in 0..lines {
            self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
            parsed_matrix.push(
                self.buffer
                    .trim()
                    .split_whitespace()
                    .map(|s| s.parse())
                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?,
            );
            self.buffer.clear();
        }
        Ok(parsed_matrix)
    }
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_chars(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<char>> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let chars = self.buffer.trim().chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(chars)
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 12540