// #define LOCAL
#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
#include <array>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <list>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <algorithm>
#include <complex>
#include <cmath>
#include <numeric>
#include <bitset>
#include <functional>
#include <random>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

template <typename A, typename B>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const pair<A, B>& a) {
  out << "(" << a.first << "," << a.second << ")";
  return out;
}
template <typename T, size_t N>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const array<T, N>& a) {
  out << "["; bool first = true;
  for (auto& v : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << v; first = 0;} out << "]";
  return out;
}
template <typename T>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const vector<T>& a) {
  out << "["; bool first = true;
  for (auto v : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << v; first = 0;} out << "]";
  return out;
}
template <typename T, class Cmp>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const set<T, Cmp>& a) {
  out << "{"; bool first = true;
  for (auto& v : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << v; first = 0;} out << "}";
  return out;
}
template <typename U, typename T, class Cmp>
ostream& operator <<(ostream& out, const map<U, T, Cmp>& a) {
  out << "{"; bool first = true;
  for (auto& p : a) { out << (first ? "" : ", "); out << p.first << ":" << p.second; first = 0;} out << "}";
  return out;
}
#ifdef LOCAL
#define trace(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define trace(...) 42
#endif
template <typename Arg1>
void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){
  cerr << name << ": " << arg1 << endl;
}
template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){
  const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ',');
  cerr.write(names, comma - names) << ": " << arg1 << " |";
  __f(comma + 1, args...);
}

template <class T> auto vect(const T& v, int n) { return vector<T>(n, v); }
template <class T, class... D> auto vect(const T& v, int n, D... m) {
  return vector<decltype(vect(v, m...))>(n, vect(v, m...));
}

typedef long long int64;
typedef pair<int, int> ii;
#define SZ(x) (int)((x).size())
template <typename T> static constexpr T inf = numeric_limits<T>::max() / 2;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
// const int MOD = 998244353;
mt19937 mrand(random_device{}());
int rnd(int x) { return mrand() % x; }
// mt19937_64 mrand(random_device{}());
// int64 rnd(int64 x) { return mrand() % x; }
template <class T> void out(const vector<T>& a) { for (int i = 0; i < SZ(a); ++i) cout << a[i] << " \n"[i + 1 == SZ(a)]; }
template <class T> bool ckmin(T& a, const T& b) { return b < a ? a = b, 1 : 0; }
template <class T> bool ckmax(T& a, const T& b) { return a < b ? a = b, 1 : 0; }
template <class T> void dedup(vector<T>& v) { sort(v.begin(), v.end()); v.erase(unique(v.begin(), v.end()), v.end()); }
void add(int& x, int y) { x += y; if (x >= MOD) x -= MOD; }

struct fast_ios {
  fast_ios() {
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  };
} fast_ios_;

const int d4[4][2] = {{1, 0}, {0, -1}, {-1, 0}, {0, 1}};

int main() {
  int n, m, len;
  cin >> n >> m >> len;
  auto a = vect<int>(0, n, m);
  vector<vector<array<int, 2>>> b(len);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < m; ++j) {
      cin >> a[i][j];
      a[i][j]--;
      b[a[i][j]].push_back({i, j});
    }
  }

  auto dp = vect<int>(0, n, m);
  int pre = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
    int cur = 0;
    for (auto& [x, y] : b[i]) {
      dp[x][y] = pre;
      for (int k = 0; k < 4; ++k) {
        int nx = x + d4[k][0];
        int ny = y + d4[k][1];
        if (nx < 0 || nx >= n || ny < 0 || ny >= m) continue;
        if (a[nx][ny] < a[x][y]) ckmax(dp[x][y], dp[nx][ny] + 1);
      }
      ckmax(cur, dp[x][y]);
    }
    pre = cur;
  }

  int ret = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < m; ++j) {
      ckmax(ret, dp[i][j]);
    }
  }

  cout << ret + 1 << '\n';

  return 0;
}