#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;
using ll = long long;

const ll modc = 998244353;
class mint {
    ll x;
public:
    mint(ll x=0) : x((x%modc+modc)%modc) {}
    mint operator-() const {
      return mint(-x);
    }
    mint& operator+=(const mint& a) {
        if ((x += a.x) >= modc) x -= modc;
        return *this;
    }
    mint& operator-=(const mint& a) {
        if ((x += modc-a.x) >= modc) x -= modc;
        return *this;
    }
    mint& operator*=(const  mint& a) {
        (x *= a.x) %= modc;
        return *this;
    }
    mint operator+(const mint& a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res+=a;
    }
    mint operator-(const mint& a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res-=a;
    }
    mint operator*(const mint& a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res*=a;
    }
    mint pow(ll t) const {
        if (!t) return 1;
        mint a = pow(t>>1);
        a *= a;
        if (t&1) a *= *this;
        return a;
    }
    mint inv() const {
        return pow(modc-2);
    }
    mint& operator/=(const mint& a) {
        return (*this) *= a.inv();
    }
    mint operator/(const mint& a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res/=a;
    }
    bool operator == (const mint& a) const{
        return x == a.x;
    }
    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const mint& m){
        os << m.x;
        return os;
    }
    friend istream& operator>>(istream& ip, mint &m) {
        ll t;
        ip >> t;
        m = mint(t);
        return ip;
    }
    ll val(){
        return x;
    }
};

int main(){

    int N, mi=1e9+1;
    cin >> N;
    vector<int> A(N), v;
    mint ans=1;
    for (int i=0; i<N; i++) cin >> A[i];
    for (int i=N-1; i>=0; i--){
        if (A[i] <= mi){
            v.push_back(i);
            mi = A[i];
        }
    }

    reverse(v.begin(), v.end());
    N = v.size();

    for (int i=0; i<N-1; i++) ans *= v[i+1]-v[i]+1;

    cout << ans << endl;

    return 0;
}