#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG
using namespace std;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;
using ll=long long;
using ld=long double;
ll ILL=2167167167167167167;
const int INF=2100000000;
const ll mod=998244353;
#define rep(i,a) for (ll i=0;i<a;i++)
#define all(p) p.begin(),p.end()
template<class T> using _pq = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
template<class T> ll LB(vector<T> &v,T a){return lower_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),a)-v.begin();}
template<class T> ll UB(vector<T> &v,T a){return upper_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),a)-v.begin();}
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a,const T &b){if(a>b){a=b;return 1;}else return 0;}
template<class T> bool chmax(T &a,const T &b){if(a<b){a=b;return 1;}else return 0;}
template<class T> void So(vector<T> &v) {sort(v.begin(),v.end());}
template<class T> void Sore(vector<T> &v) {sort(v.begin(),v.end(),[](T x,T y){return x>y;});}
void yneos(bool a){if(a) cout<<"Yes\n"; else cout<<"No\n";}
template<class T> void vec_out(vector<T> &p){for(int i=0;i<(int)(p.size());i++){if(i) cout<<" ";cout<<p[i];}cout<<"\n";}


void solve();
// oddloop
int main() {
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(nullptr);
	
	int t=1;
	//cin>>t;
	rep(i,t) solve();
}

void solve(){
	int N;
	cin>>N;
	vector<int> A(N);
	rep(i,N) cin>>A[i];
	vector<vector<int>> M(N,vector<int>(N));
	rep(i,N){
		int tmp=INF;
		for(int j=i;j<N;j++){
			chmin(tmp,A[j]);
			M[i][j]=tmp;
			M[j][i]=tmp;
		}
	}
	vector<vector<ll>> dp(N,vector<ll>(N));
	rep(i,N){
		if(M[0][i]==A[i]) dp[0][i]=1;
	}
	for(int i=1;i<N;i++){
		ll S=0;
		rep(j,N){
			S=(S+dp[i-1][j])%mod;
			if(A[j]==M[i][j]) dp[i][j]=S;
		}
	}
	ll ans=0;
	rep(i,N) ans=(ans+dp[N-1][i])%mod;
	cout<<ans<<"\n";
}