Rock art is a collection of diverse categories of representations covering symbolic, artistic, magico-religious and socio-economic components of human culture from the prehistoric to modern age. It is a form of historical record that helps us to understand the development of artistic and cultural traditions and belief systems. Rock art of India can be better understood through studies focusing on theoretical perspectives. It represents the development of cognition and also reflects the variation in the cognition lof different phenomena. There is no universal meathod for interpretation of rock art. In rock art studies the subjectivity always exists, leading to speculative identifications and interpretations. Logical interpretations of the message intended to be conveyed by the authors of rock art need to be done quite precisely without any preconceived ideas or bias.