using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Numerics;
using static System.Math;
using static System.Array;
using static AtCoder.IO_ShortCut;
using static AtCoder.Tool;
namespace AtCoder
{
    class AC
    {
        const int MOD = 1000000007;
        //const int MOD = 998244353;
        const int INF = int.MaxValue / 2;
        const long SINF = long.MaxValue / 2;
        const double EPS = 1e-8;
        static readonly int[] dI = { 0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, -1, 1 };
        static readonly int[] dJ = { 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1 };
        static List<List<int>> G = new List<List<int>>();
        //static List<List<Edge>> G = new List<List<Edge>>();
        //static List<Edge> E = new List<Edge>();
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //var sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
            //Console.SetOut(sw);

            int N = Int;
            for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) G.Add(new List<int>());
            for(var i = 1; i < N; i++)
            {
                int a = Int;
                a--;
                G[a].Add(i);
            }
            var nd = Topological_Sort();
            nd.Reverse();
            var dp = new long[N];
            foreach(var v in nd)
            {
                long ret = 0;
                long num = 0;
                var ls = new List<long>();
                foreach (var nx in G[v]) ls.Add(dp[nx]);

                ls.Sort();ls.Reverse();
                for(var i = 0; i < ls.Count(); i++)
                {
                    num++;
                    ret = Max(ret, num + ls[i]);
                }
                dp[v] = ret;
            }
            OutL(dp[0]);

            //Console.Out.Flush();
        }
        static public List<int> Topological_Sort()
        {
            var ret = new List<int>();
            var Nodes = new Queue<int>();
            int N = G.Count();
            var Link = new int[N];
            for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) { Link[i] = 0; }
            for (var i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                foreach (var nx in G[i]) { Link[nx]++; }
            }
            for (var i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                if (Link[i] == 0) { Nodes.Enqueue(i); }
            }

            while (Nodes.Any())
            {
                var nd = Nodes.Dequeue();
                ret.Add(nd);
                foreach (var nx in G[nd])
                {
                    Link[nx]--;
                    if (Link[nx] == 0)
                    {
                        Nodes.Enqueue(nx);
                    }
                }
            }

            return ret;
        }
        struct Edge
        {
            public int from;

            public int to;
            public long dist;
            public Edge(int t, long c)
            {
                from = -1;
                to = t;
                dist = c;
            }
            public Edge(int f, int t, long c)
            {
                from = f;
                to = t;
                dist = c;
            }
        }
    }
    
    static class IO_ShortCut
    {
        public static string[] _ReadSplit => Console.ReadLine().Split();
        public static int[] _ReadSplitInt => ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(), int.Parse);
        public static long[] _ReadSplitLong => ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(), long.Parse);
        public static double[] _ReadSplit_Double => ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(), double.Parse);
        public static string Str => Console.ReadLine();
        public static int Int => int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        public static long Long => long.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        public static double Double => double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        public static T Conv<T>(string input) => (T)Convert.ChangeType(input, typeof(T));
        public static void Input<T>(out T a) => a = Conv<T>(Console.ReadLine());
        public static void Input<T, U>(out T a, out U b)
        { var q = _ReadSplit;a = Conv<T>(q[0]);b = Conv<U>(q[1]); }
        public static void Input<T, U, V>(out T a, out U b, out V c)
        { var q = _ReadSplit;a = Conv<T>(q[0]);b = Conv<U>(q[1]);c = Conv<V>(q[2]); }
        public static void Input<T, U, V, W>(out T a, out U b, out V c, out W d)
        { var q = _ReadSplit; a = Conv<T>(q[0]); b = Conv<U>(q[1]); c = Conv<V>(q[2]);d = Conv<W>(q[3]); }

        public static void OutL(object s) => Console.WriteLine(s);
        public static void Out_Sep<T>(IEnumerable<T> s) => Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", s));
        public static void Out_Sep<T>(IEnumerable<T> s, string sep) => Console.WriteLine(string.Join($"{sep}", s));
        public static void Out_Sep(params object[] s) => Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", s));
        public static void Out_One(object s) => Console.Write($"{s} ");
        public static void Out_One(object s, string sep) => Console.Write($"{s}{sep}");
        public static void Endl() => Console.WriteLine();
    }
    public static class Tool
    {
        static public void Initialize<T>(ref T[] array, T initialvalue)
        {
            array = ConvertAll(array, x => initialvalue);
        }
        static public void Swap<T>(ref T a, ref T b)
        {
            T keep = a;
            a = b;
            b = keep;
        }
        static public void Display<T>(T[,] array2d, int n, int m)
        {
            for (var i = 0; i < n; i++)
            {
                for (var j = 0; j < m; j++)
                {
                    Console.Write($"{array2d[i, j]} ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
        static public long LPow(int a, int b) => (long)Pow(a, b);
        static public bool Bit(long x, int dig) => ((1L << dig) & x) != 0;
    }
    class Modulo
    {
        private int M;
        private readonly long[] m_facs;
        public long Mul(long a, long b)
        {
            return ((a * b) % M);
        }
        public Modulo(long n, int m)
        {
            M = m;
            m_facs = new long[n + 1];
            m_facs[0] = 1;
            for (long i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
            {
                m_facs[i] = Mul(m_facs[i - 1], i);
            }
        }
        public long Fac(long n)
        {
            return m_facs[n];
        }
        public long Pow(long a, long m)
        {
            switch (m)
            {
                case 0:
                    return 1L;
                case 1:
                    return a;
                default:
                    long p1 = Pow(a, m / 2);
                    long p2 = Mul(p1, p1);
                    return ((m % 2) == 0) ? p2 : Mul(p2, a);
            }
        }
        public long Div(long a, long b)
        {
            return Mul(a, Pow(b, M - 2));
        }
        public long Ncr(long n, long r)
        {
            if (n < r) { return 0; }
            if (n == r) { return 1; }
            long res = Fac(n);
            res = Div(res, Fac(r));
            res = Div(res, Fac(n - r));
            return res;
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 31768