/**
 *  date : 2021-09-03 23:12:59
 */

#define NDEBUG
using namespace std;

// intrinstic
#include <immintrin.h>

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>
#include <cctype>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cfloat>
#include <chrono>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <climits>
#include <cmath>
#include <complex>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <deque>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <random>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <tuple>
#include <type_traits>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>

// utility
namespace Nyaan {
using ll = long long;
using i64 = long long;
using u64 = unsigned long long;
using i128 = __int128_t;
using u128 = __uint128_t;

template <typename T>
using V = vector<T>;
template <typename T>
using VV = vector<vector<T>>;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vl = vector<long long>;
using vd = V<double>;
using vs = V<string>;
using vvi = vector<vector<int>>;
using vvl = vector<vector<long long>>;

template <typename T, typename U>
struct P : pair<T, U> {
  template <typename... Args>
  P(Args... args) : pair<T, U>(args...) {}

  using pair<T, U>::first;
  using pair<T, U>::second;

  T &x() { return first; }
  const T &x() const { return first; }
  U &y() { return second; }
  const U &y() const { return second; }

  P &operator+=(const P &r) {
    first += r.first;
    second += r.second;
    return *this;
  }
  P &operator-=(const P &r) {
    first -= r.first;
    second -= r.second;
    return *this;
  }
  P &operator*=(const P &r) {
    first *= r.first;
    second *= r.second;
    return *this;
  }
  P operator+(const P &r) const { return P(*this) += r; }
  P operator-(const P &r) const { return P(*this) -= r; }
  P operator*(const P &r) const { return P(*this) *= r; }
};

using pl = P<ll, ll>;
using pi = P<int, int>;
using vp = V<pl>;

constexpr int inf = 1001001001;
constexpr long long infLL = 4004004004004004004LL;

template <typename T>
int sz(const T &t) {
  return t.size();
}

template <typename T, typename U>
inline bool amin(T &x, U y) {
  return (y < x) ? (x = y, true) : false;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
inline bool amax(T &x, U y) {
  return (x < y) ? (x = y, true) : false;
}

template <typename T>
inline T Max(const vector<T> &v) {
  return *max_element(begin(v), end(v));
}
template <typename T>
inline T Min(const vector<T> &v) {
  return *min_element(begin(v), end(v));
}
template <typename T>
inline long long Sum(const vector<T> &v) {
  return accumulate(begin(v), end(v), 0LL);
}

template <typename T>
int lb(const vector<T> &v, const T &a) {
  return lower_bound(begin(v), end(v), a) - begin(v);
}
template <typename T>
int ub(const vector<T> &v, const T &a) {
  return upper_bound(begin(v), end(v), a) - begin(v);
}

constexpr long long TEN(int n) {
  long long ret = 1, x = 10;
  for (; n; x *= x, n >>= 1) ret *= (n & 1 ? x : 1);
  return ret;
}

template <typename T, typename U>
pair<T, U> mkp(const T &t, const U &u) {
  return make_pair(t, u);
}

template <typename T>
vector<T> mkrui(const vector<T> &v, bool rev = false) {
  vector<T> ret(v.size() + 1);
  if (rev) {
    for (int i = int(v.size()) - 1; i >= 0; i--) ret[i] = v[i] + ret[i + 1];
  } else {
    for (int i = 0; i < int(v.size()); i++) ret[i + 1] = ret[i] + v[i];
  }
  return ret;
};

template <typename T>
vector<T> mkuni(const vector<T> &v) {
  vector<T> ret(v);
  sort(ret.begin(), ret.end());
  ret.erase(unique(ret.begin(), ret.end()), ret.end());
  return ret;
}

template <typename F>
vector<int> mkord(int N, F f) {
  vector<int> ord(N);
  iota(begin(ord), end(ord), 0);
  sort(begin(ord), end(ord), f);
  return ord;
}

template <typename T>
vector<int> mkinv(vector<T> &v) {
  int max_val = *max_element(begin(v), end(v));
  vector<int> inv(max_val + 1, -1);
  for (int i = 0; i < (int)v.size(); i++) inv[v[i]] = i;
  return inv;
}

}  // namespace Nyaan

// bit operation
namespace Nyaan {
__attribute__((target("popcnt"))) inline int popcnt(const u64 &a) {
  return _mm_popcnt_u64(a);
}
inline int lsb(const u64 &a) { return a ? __builtin_ctzll(a) : 64; }
inline int ctz(const u64 &a) { return a ? __builtin_ctzll(a) : 64; }
inline int msb(const u64 &a) { return a ? 63 - __builtin_clzll(a) : -1; }
template <typename T>
inline int gbit(const T &a, int i) {
  return (a >> i) & 1;
}
template <typename T>
inline void sbit(T &a, int i, bool b) {
  if (gbit(a, i) != b) a ^= T(1) << i;
}
constexpr long long PW(int n) { return 1LL << n; }
constexpr long long MSK(int n) { return (1LL << n) - 1; }
}  // namespace Nyaan

// inout
namespace Nyaan {

template <typename T, typename U>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T, U> &p) {
  os << p.first << " " << p.second;
  return os;
}
template <typename T, typename U>
istream &operator>>(istream &is, pair<T, U> &p) {
  is >> p.first >> p.second;
  return is;
}

template <typename T>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) {
  int s = (int)v.size();
  for (int i = 0; i < s; i++) os << (i ? " " : "") << v[i];
  return os;
}
template <typename T>
istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &v) {
  for (auto &x : v) is >> x;
  return is;
}

void in() {}
template <typename T, class... U>
void in(T &t, U &... u) {
  cin >> t;
  in(u...);
}

void out() { cout << "\n"; }
template <typename T, class... U, char sep = ' '>
void out(const T &t, const U &... u) {
  cout << t;
  if (sizeof...(u)) cout << sep;
  out(u...);
}

void outr() {}
template <typename T, class... U, char sep = ' '>
void outr(const T &t, const U &... u) {
  cout << t;
  outr(u...);
}

struct IoSetupNya {
  IoSetupNya() {
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(15);
    cerr << fixed << setprecision(7);
  }
} iosetupnya;

}  // namespace Nyaan

// debug
namespace DebugImpl {

template <typename U, typename = void>
struct is_specialize : false_type {};
template <typename U>
struct is_specialize<
    U, typename conditional<false, typename U::iterator, void>::type>
    : true_type {};
template <typename U>
struct is_specialize<
    U, typename conditional<false, decltype(U::first), void>::type>
    : true_type {};
template <typename U>
struct is_specialize<U, enable_if_t<is_integral<U>::value, void>> : true_type {
};

void dump(const char& t) { cerr << t; }

void dump(const string& t) { cerr << t; }

void dump(const bool& t) { cerr << (t ? "true" : "false"); }

template <typename U,
          enable_if_t<!is_specialize<U>::value, nullptr_t> = nullptr>
void dump(const U& t) {
  cerr << t;
}

template <typename T>
void dump(const T& t, enable_if_t<is_integral<T>::value>* = nullptr) {
  string res;
  if (t == Nyaan::inf) res = "inf";
  if constexpr (is_signed<T>::value) {
    if (t == -Nyaan::inf) res = "-inf";
  }
  if constexpr (sizeof(T) == 8) {
    if (t == Nyaan::infLL) res = "inf";
    if constexpr (is_signed<T>::value) {
      if (t == -Nyaan::infLL) res = "-inf";
    }
  }
  if (res.empty()) res = to_string(t);
  cerr << res;
}

template <typename T, typename U>
void dump(const pair<T, U>&);
template <typename T>
void dump(const pair<T*, int>&);

template <typename T>
void dump(const T& t,
          enable_if_t<!is_void<typename T::iterator>::value>* = nullptr) {
  cerr << "[ ";
  for (auto it = t.begin(); it != t.end();) {
    dump(*it);
    cerr << (++it == t.end() ? "" : ", ");
  }
  cerr << " ]";
}

template <typename T, typename U>
void dump(const pair<T, U>& t) {
  cerr << "( ";
  dump(t.first);
  cerr << ", ";
  dump(t.second);
  cerr << " )";
}

template <typename T>
void dump(const pair<T*, int>& t) {
  cerr << "[ ";
  for (int i = 0; i < t.second; i++) {
    dump(t.first[i]);
    cerr << (i == t.second - 1 ? "" : ", ");
  }
  cerr << " ]";
}

void trace() { cerr << endl; }
template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void trace(Head&& head, Tail&&... tail) {
  cerr << " ";
  dump(head);
  if (sizeof...(tail) != 0) cerr << ",";
  trace(forward<Tail>(tail)...);
}

}  // namespace DebugImpl

#ifdef NyaanDebug
#define trc(...)                            \
  do {                                      \
    cerr << "## " << #__VA_ARGS__ << " = "; \
    DebugImpl::trace(__VA_ARGS__);          \
  } while (0)
#else
#define trc(...) (void(0))
#endif

// macro
#define each(x, v) for (auto&& x : v)
#define each2(x, y, v) for (auto&& [x, y] : v)
#define all(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define rep(i, N) for (long long i = 0; i < (long long)(N); i++)
#define repr(i, N) for (long long i = (long long)(N)-1; i >= 0; i--)
#define rep1(i, N) for (long long i = 1; i <= (long long)(N); i++)
#define repr1(i, N) for (long long i = (N); (long long)(i) > 0; i--)
#define reg(i, a, b) for (long long i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define regr(i, a, b) for (long long i = (b)-1; i >= (a); i--)
#define fi first
#define se second
#define ini(...)   \
  int __VA_ARGS__; \
  in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define inl(...)         \
  long long __VA_ARGS__; \
  in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define ins(...)      \
  string __VA_ARGS__; \
  in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define in2(s, t)                           \
  for (int i = 0; i < (int)s.size(); i++) { \
    in(s[i], t[i]);                         \
  }
#define in3(s, t, u)                        \
  for (int i = 0; i < (int)s.size(); i++) { \
    in(s[i], t[i], u[i]);                   \
  }
#define in4(s, t, u, v)                     \
  for (int i = 0; i < (int)s.size(); i++) { \
    in(s[i], t[i], u[i], v[i]);             \
  }
#define die(...)             \
  do {                       \
    Nyaan::out(__VA_ARGS__); \
    return;                  \
  } while (0)

namespace Nyaan {
void solve();
}
int main() { Nyaan::solve(); }

//
using namespace Nyaan;


struct UnionFind {
  vector<int> data;
  UnionFind(int N) : data(N, -1) {}

  int find(int k) { return data[k] < 0 ? k : data[k] = find(data[k]); }

  int unite(int x, int y) {
    if ((x = find(x)) == (y = find(y))) return false;
    if (data[x] > data[y]) swap(x, y);
    data[x] += data[y];
    data[y] = x;
    return true;
  }

  // f ... merge function
  template<typename F>
  int unite(int x, int y,const F &f) {
    if ((x = find(x)) == (y = find(y))) return false;
    if (data[x] > data[y]) swap(x, y);
    data[x] += data[y];
    data[y] = x;
    f(x, y);
    return true;
  }

  int size(int k) { return -data[find(k)]; }

  int same(int x, int y) { return find(x) == find(y); }
};

/**
 * @brief Union Find(Disjoint Set Union)
 * @docs docs/data-structure/union-find.md
 */



template <typename T>
struct edge {
  int src, to;
  T cost;

  edge(int _to, T _cost) : src(-1), to(_to), cost(_cost) {}
  edge(int _src, int _to, T _cost) : src(_src), to(_to), cost(_cost) {}

  edge &operator=(const int &x) {
    to = x;
    return *this;
  }

  operator int() const { return to; }
};
template <typename T>
using Edges = vector<edge<T>>;
template <typename T>
using WeightedGraph = vector<Edges<T>>;
using UnweightedGraph = vector<vector<int>>;

// Input of (Unweighted) Graph
UnweightedGraph graph(int N, int M = -1, bool is_directed = false,
                      bool is_1origin = true) {
  UnweightedGraph g(N);
  if (M == -1) M = N - 1;
  for (int _ = 0; _ < M; _++) {
    int x, y;
    cin >> x >> y;
    if (is_1origin) x--, y--;
    g[x].push_back(y);
    if (!is_directed) g[y].push_back(x);
  }
  return g;
}

// Input of Weighted Graph
template <typename T>
WeightedGraph<T> wgraph(int N, int M = -1, bool is_directed = false,
                        bool is_1origin = true) {
  WeightedGraph<T> g(N);
  if (M == -1) M = N - 1;
  for (int _ = 0; _ < M; _++) {
    int x, y;
    cin >> x >> y;
    T c;
    cin >> c;
    if (is_1origin) x--, y--;
    g[x].emplace_back(x, y, c);
    if (!is_directed) g[y].emplace_back(y, x, c);
  }
  return g;
}

// Input of Edges
template <typename T>
Edges<T> esgraph(int N, int M, int is_weighted = true, bool is_1origin = true) {
  Edges<T> es;
  for (int _ = 0; _ < M; _++) {
    int x, y;
    cin >> x >> y;
    T c;
    if (is_weighted)
      cin >> c;
    else
      c = 1;
    if (is_1origin) x--, y--;
    es.emplace_back(x, y, c);
  }
  return es;
}

// Input of Adjacency Matrix
template <typename T>
vector<vector<T>> adjgraph(int N, int M, T INF, int is_weighted = true,
                           bool is_directed = false, bool is_1origin = true) {
  vector<vector<T>> d(N, vector<T>(N, INF));
  for (int _ = 0; _ < M; _++) {
    int x, y;
    cin >> x >> y;
    T c;
    if (is_weighted)
      cin >> c;
    else
      c = 1;
    if (is_1origin) x--, y--;
    d[x][y] = c;
    if (!is_directed) d[y][x] = c;
  }
  return d;
}
// if the graph is not DAG, return empty vector
template <typename T>
vector<int> TopologicalSort(T &g) {
  int N = g.size();
  vector<int> marked(N, 0), temp(N, 0), v;
  auto visit = [&](auto f, int i) -> bool {
    if (temp[i] == 1) return false;
    if (marked[i] == 0) {
      temp[i] = 1;
      for (auto &e : g[i]) {
        if (f(f, e) == false) return false;
      }
      marked[i] = 1;
      v.push_back(i);
      temp[i] = 0;
    }
    return true;
  };

  for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
    if (marked[i] == 0) {
      if (visit(visit, i) == false) return vector<int>();
    }
  }
  reverse(v.begin(), v.end());
  return v;
}

void Nyaan::solve() {
  inl(H, W, N);
  vvl C(H, vl(W));
  in(C);
  auto id = [&](int i, int j) { return i * W + j; };
  UnionFind uf(H * W);
  rep(i, H) rep(j, W) {
    if (i) {
      if (C[i - 1][j] == C[i][j]) {
        uf.unite(id(i - 1, j), id(i, j));
      }
    }
    if (j) {
      if (C[i][j - 1] == C[i][j]) {
        uf.unite(id(i, j - 1), id(i, j));
      }
    }
  }

  int _i = 0;

  vvi to(H, vi(W, -1));

  rep(i, H) rep(j, W) {
    if (uf.find(id(i, j)) == id(i, j)) to[i][j] = _i++;
  }
  rep(i, H) rep(j, W) {
    if (to[i][j] == -1) {
      int r = uf.find(id(i, j));
      to[i][j] = to[r / W][r % W];
    }
  }

  trc(to);

  vvi g(_i);
  rep(i, H) rep(j, W) {
    if (i and to[i][j] != to[i - 1][j]) {
      int s = to[i - 1][j];
      int t = to[i][j];
      if (C[i - 1][j] < C[i][j]) {
        g[s].push_back(t);
      } else {
        g[t].push_back(s);
      }
    }
    if (j and to[i][j] != to[i][j - 1]) {
      int s = to[i][j - 1];
      int t = to[i][j];
      if (C[i][j - 1] < C[i][j]) {
        g[s].push_back(t);
      } else {
        g[t].push_back(s);
      }
    }
  }

  auto top = TopologicalSort(g);

  trc(top);

  vi dp(_i);
  vvi ep(_i);
  rep(i, _i) {
    auto ps=mkuni(ep[i]);
    int x=0;
    rep(i,sz(ps)){
      if(ps[i]!=i)break;
      x++;
    }
    dp[i]=x;
    
    each(_x, g[i]) { ep[_x].push_back(dp[i]); }
  }
  trc(dp);

  out(Max(dp) + 1);
}