// Slower C++ solution:
/// However long the night,

///     The dawn will break

/// ICPC next year



#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std ;

const int N = 1e3+5 ;



int n ,x ,day[N] ;

long long cur[N] ;

deque<int> dq[N] ;

int vis[N][N] ,vid ;

long long dfs(int i,int tar){

    if(vis[i][tar] == vid){

        cout << -1 ;

        exit(0);

    }

    vis[i][tar] = vid ;



    for(int k=day[i];k<dq[i].size();++k){

        int j = dq[i][k] ;

        if(j==tar) break;



        if(dq[j][day[j]] == i){

            ++day[i] ;

            ++day[j] ;

            int mx = max(cur[i],cur[j]);

            cur[i] = cur[j] = mx+1 ;

            continue ;

        }

        cur[i] = max(cur[i],dfs(j,i)) ;

        ++day[i] ;

        ++day[j] ;

        int mx = max(cur[i],cur[j]);

        cur[i] = cur[j] = mx+1 ;

    }

    return cur[i];

}

int main(){

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;++i){

        for(int j=1;j<n;++j){

            scanf("%d",&x);

            dq[i].push_back(x);

        }

    }

    long long ans = 0 ;

    for(int i=1;i<=n;++i){

        ++vid ;

        ans = max(ans ,dfs(i,i)) ;

    }

    cout << ans ;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.294652539693759x):
/*

          ,     \    /      ,

         / \    )\__/(     / \

        /   \  (_\  /_)   /   \

   ____/_____\__\@  @/___/_____\____

  |             |\../|              |

  |              \VV/               |

  |        ------hoi-------         |

  |_________________________________|

   |    /\ /      \\       \ /\    |

   |  /   V        ))       V   \  |

   |/     `       //        '     \|

   `              V                '

*/



#include <bits/stdc++.h>



#define ld long double

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define f first

#define se second

#define Speedforce boost();

#define fop(s1, s2) freopen(s1, "r", stdin);freopen(s2, "w", stdout);



using namespace std;



void boost(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}



const int N = 1e6;

const ll inf = 1e9 + 9;

const ld PI = acos(-1);



ll bin_pow(ll x, ll y){

    ll res = 1, base = x;

    while(y){

        if(y & 1){

            res *= base;

            res %= inf;

        }

        base *= base;

        base %= inf;

        y /= 2;

    }

    return res;

}



int n;

int a[1005][1005];

int used[1005];

int pos[1005];



int main(){

    Speedforce

    //fop("", "")

    cin >> n;

    for(int i = 1;i <= n;i ++){

        for(int j = 1;j < n;j ++){

            cin >> a[i][j];

        }

        pos[i] = 1;

    }

    int cnt = 0;

    while(1){

        cnt++;

        bool flag1 = 1, flag2 = 1;

        for(int i = 1;i <= n;i ++){

            if(pos[i] >= n){

                continue;

            }

            int c = a[i][pos[i]];

            if(i == a[c][pos[c]]){

                flag2 = 0;

                pos[i]++;

                pos[c]++;

                int mx = max(used[i], used[c]);

                used[i] = mx + 1;

                used[c] = mx + 1;

                i = 0;

            }

        }

        for(int i = 1;i <= n;i ++){

            //cout << pos[i] << " ";

            if(pos[i] < n){

                flag1 = 0;

            }

            cnt = max(cnt, used[i]);

        }

        //cout << endl;

        if(flag1){

            cout << cnt;

            return 0;

        }

        if(flag2){

            cout << -1;

            return 0;

        }

    }

}