#line 1 "a.cpp"
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
#line 3 "/home/kotatsugame/library/math/modint.cpp"
#include<utility>
template<int m>
struct modint{
	unsigned int x;
	constexpr modint()noexcept:x(){}
	template<typename T>
	constexpr modint(T x_)noexcept:x((x_%=m)<0?x_+m:x_){}
	constexpr unsigned int val()const noexcept{return x;}
	constexpr modint&operator++()noexcept{if(++x==m)x=0;return*this;}
	constexpr modint&operator--()noexcept{if(x==0)x=m;--x;return*this;}
	constexpr modint operator++(int)noexcept{modint res=*this;++*this;return res;}
	constexpr modint operator--(int)noexcept{modint res=*this;--*this;return res;}
	constexpr modint&operator+=(const modint&a)noexcept{x+=a.x;if(x>=m)x-=m;return*this;}
	constexpr modint&operator-=(const modint&a)noexcept{if(x<a.x)x+=m;x-=a.x;return*this;}
	constexpr modint&operator*=(const modint&a)noexcept{x=(unsigned long long)x*a.x%m;return*this;}
	constexpr modint&operator/=(const modint&a)noexcept{return*this*=a.inv();}
	constexpr modint operator+()const noexcept{return*this;}
	constexpr modint operator-()const noexcept{return modint()-*this;}
	constexpr modint pow(long long n)const noexcept
	{
		if(n<0)return pow(-n).inv();
		modint x=*this,r=1;
		for(;n;x*=x,n>>=1)if(n&1)r*=x;
		return r;
	}
	constexpr modint inv()const noexcept
	{
		int s=x,t=m,x=1,u=0;
		while(t)
		{
			int k=s/t;
			s-=k*t;
			swap(s,t);
			x-=k*u;
			swap(x,u);
		}
		return modint(x);
	}
	friend constexpr modint operator+(const modint&a,const modint&b){return modint(a)+=b;}
	friend constexpr modint operator-(const modint&a,const modint&b){return modint(a)-=b;}
	friend constexpr modint operator*(const modint&a,const modint&b){return modint(a)*=b;}
	friend constexpr modint operator/(const modint&a,const modint&b){return modint(a)/=b;}
	friend constexpr bool operator==(const modint&a,const modint&b){return a.x==b.x;}
	friend constexpr bool operator!=(const modint&a,const modint&b){return a.x!=b.x;}
	friend ostream&operator<<(ostream&os,const modint&a){return os<<a.x;}
	friend istream&operator>>(istream&is,modint&a){long long v;is>>v;a=modint(v);return is;}
};
#line 4 "a.cpp"
using mint=modint<998244353>;
#line 1 "/home/kotatsugame/library/datastructure/DST.cpp"
//Disjoint Sparse Table
#include<vector>
#include<functional>
template<typename T>
struct DST{
	function<T(T,T)>calcfn;
	int n;
	vector<vector<T> >dat;
	DST(const vector<T>&v={},
		function<T(T,T)>calcfn_=[](T a,T b){return a<b?a:b;}
	):calcfn(calcfn_)
	{
		n=v.size();
		dat.push_back(v);
		for(int i=2;i<n;i<<=1)
		{
			dat.push_back(vector<T>(n));
			for(int j=i;j<n;j+=i<<1)
			{
				dat.back()[j-1]=dat[0][j-1];
				for(int k=2;k<=i;k++)
				{
					dat.back()[j-k]=calcfn(dat[0][j-k],dat.back()[j-k+1]);
				}
				dat.back()[j]=dat[0][j];
				for(int k=2;k<=i&&j+k<=n;k++)
				{
					dat.back()[j+k-1]=calcfn(dat.back()[j+k-2],dat[0][j+k-1]);
				}
			}
		}
	}
	T query(int l,int r)const//[l,r)
	{
		if(l<0)l=0;
		if(r>n)r=n;
		r--;
		if(l==r)return dat[0][l];
		int k=31-__builtin_clz(l^r);
		return calcfn(dat[k][l],dat[k][r]);
	}
};
#line 6 "a.cpp"
int N;
int A[5050];
mint dp[5050];
main()
{
	cin>>N;
	for(int i=0;i<N;i++)cin>>A[i];
	DST<int>P(vector<int>(A,A+N),[](int a,int b){return min(a,b);});
	dp[0]=1;
	for(int i=0;i<N;i++)
	{
		mint S=0;
		for(int j=0;j<N;j++)
		{
			S+=dp[j];
			if((j<=i?P.query(j,i+1):P.query(i,j+1))==A[j])dp[j]=S;
			else dp[j]=0;
		}
	}
	mint ans=0;
	for(int i=0;i<N;i++)ans+=dp[i];
	cout<<ans<<endl;
}