from sys import stdin
input=lambda :stdin.readline()[:-1]
class segtree():
  def __init__(self,init,func,ide):
    self.n=len(init)
    self.func=func
    self.ide=ide
    self.size=1<<(self.n-1).bit_length()
    self.tree=[self.ide for i in range(2*self.size)]
    for i in range(self.n):
      self.tree[self.size+i]=init[i]
    for i in range(self.size-1,0,-1):
      self.tree[i]=self.func(self.tree[2*i], self.tree[2*i|1])
  
  def update(self,k,x):
    k+=self.size
    self.tree[k]=x
    k>>=1
    while k:
      self.tree[k]=self.func(self.tree[2*k],self.tree[k*2|1])
      k>>=1
  
  def get(self,i):
    return self.tree[i+self.size]
  
  def query(self,l,r):
    l+=self.size
    r+=self.size
    l_res=self.ide
    r_res=self.ide
    while l<r:
      if l&1:
        l_res=self.func(l_res,self.tree[l])
        l+=1
      if r&1:
        r-=1
        r_res=self.func(self.tree[r],r_res)
      l>>=1
      r>>=1
    return self.func(l_res,r_res)

  def max_right(self,l,f):
    assert 0<=l<=self.n 
    assert f(self.ide)
    if l==self.n:
      return self.n
    l+=self.size
    res=self.ide
    while True:
      while l&1==0:
        l>>=1
      if not f(self.func(res,self.tree[l])):
        while l<self.size:
          l*=2
          if f(self.func(res,self.tree[l])):
            res=self.func(res,self.tree[l])
            l+=1
        return l-self.size
      res=self.func(res,self.tree[l])
      l+=1
      if l&(-l)==l:
        break
    return self.n
  
  def min_left(self,r,f):
    assert 0<=r<=self.n
    assert f(self.ide)
    if r==0:
      return 0
    r+=self.size
    res=self.ide
    while True:
      r-=1
      while r>1 and r&1:
        r>>=1
      if not f(self.func(self.tree[r],res)):
        while r<self.size:
          r=2*r+1     
          if f(self.func(self.tree[r],res)):
            res=self.func(self.tree[r],res)
            r-=1
        return r+1-self.size
      res=self.func(self.tree[r],res)
      if r&(-r)==r:
        break
    return 0
    
  def __getitem__(self,i):
    return self.get(i)
  
  def __setitem__(self,key,val):
    self.update(key,val)

  def __iter__(self):
    for i in range(self.n):
      yield self.tree[i+self.size]
          
  def __str__(self):
    return str(list(self))


mod=998244353
table_size=3*10**5

fac=[1]*(table_size+1)
finv=[1]*(table_size+1)

for i in range(2,table_size+1):
  fac[i]=fac[i-1]*i%mod
finv[table_size]=pow(fac[table_size],mod-2,mod)
for i in range(table_size-1,-1,-1):
  finv[i]=finv[i+1]*(i+1)%mod

def rebuild(n):
  global table_size,fac,finv
  fac+=[0]*(n-table_size)
  fac+=[0]*(n-table_size)
  finv+=[0]*(n-table_size)
  for i in range(table_size+1,n+1):
    fac[i]=fac[i-1]*i%mod
  finv[n]=inv(fac[n])
  for i in range(n-1,table_size,-1):
    finv[i]=finv[i+1]*(i+1)%mod
  table_size=n

def binom(n,k):
  if n<0 or k<0:
    return 0
  if k>n:
    return 0
  if n>table_size:
    rebuild(n+10**4)
  return (fac[n]*finv[k]%mod)*finv[n-k]%mod

def fpow(x,k):
  res=1
  while k:
    if k&1:
      res=res*x%mod
    x=x*x%mod
    k>>=1
  return res

def inv(a):
  if a<table_size:
    return fac[a-1]*finv[a]%mod
  return fpow(a,mod-2)

n=int(input())
p=list(map(lambda x:int(x)-1,input().split()))
idx=[0]*n
for i in range(n):
  idx[p[i]]=i

ans=0
def f(a,b):
  return binom(a+b,a)

seg=segtree([0]*n,lambda x,y:x+y,0)
for i in range(n):
  lu=seg.query(0,idx[i])
  ld=idx[i]-lu
  ru=seg.query(idx[i]+1,n)
  rd=n-1-idx[i]-ru
  ans+=f(lu,rd)*f(ru,ld)
  ans%=mod
  seg[idx[i]]=1

print(ans)